03 Mar 2011
Hedge funds posted positive performance in February based on Credit Suisse LAB Index performance
Returns for the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (LAB) Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds experienced positive performance in…
More
Alternative Investment Group promotes Chris Ayton to partner
Alternative Investment Group, an alternative investment management firm that invests in long/short equity strategies, has promoted Chris…
Guggenheim Partners launches Guggenheim Global Trading
Guggenheim Partners, a global diversified financial services firm, has launched Guggenheim Global Trading LLC (GGT), which will invest…
Advent Software acquires Syncova
Advent Software, Inc has acquired Syncova Solutions Limited, a privately held UK-based company that provides margin management and…
02 Mar 2011
Montello sets up alternative fund distribution arm
The London based asset manager for the Montello Income Fund, has set up a fund distribution arm that will focus on promoting alternative…
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre strengthens capital markets practice
Marc-Etienne Sébire has recently joined CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre as head of capital markets. Sébire and his team advise corporate…
Newedge adds Johannesburg derivative market to its global FIX connectivity network
Newedge has expanded its extensive Financial Information eXchange (FIX) connectivity network to include the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's…
GlobeOp posts record year in 2010
GlobeOp Financial Services saw record net income of USD33.7 million in 2010, according to the company's preliminary results for the year…
Grandmaster strengthens team with new hires
Recently launched asset manager Grandmaster Capital Management (GMC) has appointed Jeff Coddington, CPA, as Chief Financial Officer and…
EBF & Associates closes USD567m Merced Partners III value and real asset opportunities fund
EBF & Associates has announced the closing of Merced Partners III, a USD567 million value and real asset opportunities fund. The fund…
KKR expands Special Situations in Europe
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Mubashir Mukadam as European Head of Special Situations for the firm's USD14 billion asset management…
SEC charges Bay Area hedge fund manager with misappropriating 'side pocketed' assets
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Bay Area hedge fund manager with concealing more than USD12 million in…
Direct Access Partners announces major enhancement to Global Prime Services
Direct Access Partners, LLC, the customer-focused, multi-asset trading partner to a diverse range of clients including pension funds,…
Comment: Sustainable recovery in sentiment towards European equities
Luke Stellini (pictured), European Product Director, Invesco Henley European Equity Team, examines growing evidence of a recovery in the…
01 Mar 2011
Climex and APX-ENDEX to stop spot carbon trading and clearing services
On 19 January 2011 the European Commission (EC) suspended national registries in the EU ETS due to a theft of EUAs in a number of those…
