12 Dec 2010
Commodity investors seek absolute returns via active strategies
Institutional investors are turning to commodities to provide absolute returns and are employing active strategies to do so, according to a…
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EFAMA’s de Franssu warns of newcits ‘monster’
Addressing an audience and panel of experts via video at Citywire’s recent Berlin fund forum, EFAMA Chairman Jean-Baptiste de Franssu…
TOBAM launches Anti-Benchmark World Equity Ucits
Paris-based asset manager, TOBAM, established in 2006 by Yves Choueifaty and other colleagues, has launched a new strategy based on its…
CACEIS launches KID document modular solution
Paris-headquartered CACEIS, the asset servicing arm of Credit Agricole with EUR2.3trillion in assets under custody and France’s leading…
10 Dec 2010
Aviva joins the Life and Longevity Markets Association
Aviva has joined the Life & Longevity Markets Association as a full member, bringing its membership to 11. The other members are Axa,…
GFI Group opens office in Bogota, Colombia
GFI Group, a provider of wholesale brokerage, clearing services, electronic execution and trading support products, has opened an office in…
IASB proposes improvements to hedge accounting
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published an exposure draft on accounting for hedging activities. The draft…
09 Dec 2010
CTA/Managed futures lock in strong Nov returns for Asia ex-Japan
Asian hedge funds recorded a more muted set of returns for November against a backdrop of Korean peninsula tension and the ongoing debt…
D.E. Shaw firming up in Asia to tap Japanese pension funds
Leading global hedge fund, D.E. Shaw, plans to increase its presence in Asia as part of a strategy to attract assets from Japanese pension…
TORA opens Sydney office, Australia ‘one of our major focuses for 2011’ says Jenkins
TORA, one of Asia’s leading providers of advanced trading technology and off-exchange liquidity pools to institutional traders, has…
Oil-focused Redwell hedge fund starts trading distillates
Singaporean oil-focused hedge fund, RedWell Fund SPC, has turned its attention to the distillates market reported the Business Times this…
‘Asia’s only home-grown prime broker’ populated by ex-Lehman’s brokers
Nomura Asia Holding, the Asian arm of the Japanese bank’s global prime brokerage division, is finally ready to…
WTAS expands alternative investment funds practice
Christopher Spiegleman, former director of tax at J.H. Whitney, has joined the Metro New York alternative investment funds practice at WTAS…
Six out of seven IndexIQ indices negative in November
IndexIQ saw six out of seven of its hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices post a negative performance in November. The worst…
CFTC charges MXBK with defrauding hundreds of US customers
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed an enforcement action in the US District Court for the District of Utah, charging…
