25 Nov 2010
Kobre & Kim becomes first US “all-litigation” law firm to open in Hong Kong
US/UK trial specialist law firm, Kobre & Kim LLP, has opened a new office in Hong Kong, becoming the city’s…
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Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch to allow RMB-denominated deposits in prime brokerage accounts
Merrill Lynch, a subsidiary of Bank of America, has taken the decision to allow RMB and RMB-denominated securities to be…
Singapore’s Whitefield forgoes performance fees
Singapore hedge fund, Whitefield Capital Management, is delivering the kind of returns that should have investors flocking, producing two…
Frontier launches FrontEdge Managed Futures Fund
Frontier Capital Management has launched the FrontEdge Managed Futures Fund. The fund is designed to offer investors an efficient method of…
Quintillion completes SAS 70 Type II
Fund administration company Quintillion has completed its SAS 70 Type II independent service auditor’s report. The certification was…
Directional trading managers drive Greenwich indices higher in October
The Greenwich Composite Investable Index gained 1.21 per cent in October as equity markets continued their push higher on solid corporate…
Close Brothers to sell Channel Islands businesses, says report
According to the Daily Telegraph, Close Brothers Group has hired Deloitte to assist in the disposal of its private banking, fund management…
Trafalgar Capital teams up with Chris Poil to launch Ucits fund
Trafalgar Capital Management, the London based hedge fund manager, has teamed up with industry veteran Chris Poil to launch its first Ucits…
24 Nov 2010
Skandia makes GBP19m investment in Liontrust absolute return fund
Skandia Investment Group has added the Liontrust Credit Absolute Return Fund to a number of its portfolios in an investment worth GBP19m.…
Walter Energy’s bid for Western Coal set to net Audley investors CAD650m
Walter Energy’s bid of CAD11.50 for Western Coal of Canada values the 23 per cent equity stake in Western Coal held by funds advised by…
Eurex Clearing, Eurex Repo and Clearstream to optimise use of collateral
As of 26 November Eurex Clearing customers participating in the GC Pooling trading at Eurex Repo will be in a position to re-use GC Pooling…
Level E Capital launches artificial intelligence-driven Maya Fund
Level E Capital’s flagship Maya Fund, which uses the latest scientific advances in artificial intelligence to create smart trading…
M&A investment opportunities to strengthen through 2011, says Bernheim Dreyfus
The M&A sector will continue to grow through next year creating an exceptional range of investment opportunities, says Paris-based…
Managed futures leads DJ Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index gained 1.92 per cent in October and is up 8.02 per cent year-to-date. Nine out of ten…
NYSE Euronext to launch six strategy indices
NYSE Euronext is expanding its range of strategy indices with the launch of six new products based on the CAC 40 index. Three new leverage…
