18 Nov 2010
Asset and wealth management firms prepare for post-meltdown competition
After two years of contraction, hiring in the asset and wealth management industry rebounded in 2010 and compensation is set to show modest…
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John Hyman joins Cheyne Capital Management (UK)
Cheyne Capital Management (UK) has appointed John Hyman as a partner. Hyman will help Cheyne Capital to further develop its equity…
Liongate participates in Hedge Fund Standards Board Investor Chapter
Liongate Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds manager, is participating in the establishment of the Hedge Fund Standards Board…
Gottex Solutions Services and OFI Group in Ucits joint venture
OFI Asset Management and Gottex Solutions Services intend to enter into a joint venture called Luma Solutions Services, a Luxembourg based…
What is the future of global markets?
To say the last year or so has been testing for investors across the world would be something of an understatement. So where do the global…
17 Nov 2010
NYSE Euronext appoints implementation team for European clearing houses
Following its May announcement that it plans to launch two purpose-built clearing houses in London and Paris before the end of 2012, NYSE…
Skandia UK Strategic Best Ideas sees market exposure hit record high
Skandia Investment Group’s UK Strategic Best Ideas fund has recorded its highest ever net market exposure as underlying managers’ continue…
Carey Olsen appoints corporate and finance partner
Carey Olsen has appointed advocate Christopher Anderson as a corporate partner in the Guernsey office.Anderson, who has significant…
Stock market calms down in October
After four months of agitation, activity on the stock market seemed to calm down somewhat in October, research by Edhec-Risk Institute…
Focus on regulation and new indices at Edhec-Risk forum in Monaco
At the fourth edition of the Edhec-Risk Institutional Days conference at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 8-9 December, Edhec-Risk Institute…
Pension funds reduce exposure to equities in favour of alternatives
Half of pension funds have recently altered the asset allocation of their investments, with the majority reducing exposure to equities in…
RBC Hedge 250 Index rises 1.35 per cent in October
The RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 1.35 per cent in October. This brings the year-to-date return of the index to 3.93 per…
Gold Coast resident pleads guilty to international investment scam
Melanie June Miller of Mermaid Waters, Queensland, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in the Southport Magistrates’ Court for…
Merseyside Pension Fund increases allocation to Paamco
Merseyside Pension Fund, one of the UK's largest public local authority pension funds, is increasing the amount that Pacific Alternative…
FH International launches emerging markets short term debt fund
Investment adviser FH International Asset Management has launched a hedge fund, the FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Fund. “Superior…
