15 Nov 2010
Man appoints Richard Phillips as head of UK retail
Following the acquisition of GLG by Man on 14 October, Man has appointed Richard Phillips as head of UK retail for the combined…
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Ratio Asset Management hires Alice Squires as head of investor relations
Ratio Asset Management, a European equities alternative investment firm, has hired European small and mid-cap veteran Alice Squires to head…
Merchant signs agreement for Ucits distribution in Austria and Germany
Merchant Capital, the independent Ucits umbrella provider to the hedge fund industry, has formed a partnership with Altarius Group to…
Algorithmics adds customisation capabilities to Algo Risk Service
Algorithmics, a provider of risk solutions, has expanded the customisation capability of Algo Risk Service, a hosted risk management,…
HSBC expands alternative investments division
HSBC has appointed Phelim Bolger to its alternatives division, HSBC Alternative Investments, as head of UK sales reporting to Florence…
Wiltshire Capital and PCE launch credit fund
A new European credit fund, the Wiltshire Credit Opportunities Fund, is being sponsored by nabInvest, National Australia Bank's direct…
14 Nov 2010
Salus Alpha Directional Markets up 1.97 per cent month to date
As of 29 October the Salus Alpha Directional Markets VT heads the list of Salus Alpha Funds with a 1.97 per cent month-to-date return. The…
Jersey will meet AIFM Directive criteria, says Geoff Cook
Jersey Finance has welcomed the vote on the compromise agreement for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers EU Directive that was reached…
Stenham funds ranked in top ten by BarclayHedge
Stenham Asset Management has had two of its funds, Stenham Gold and Stenham Trading, ranked in the Top 10 Performing Fund of Hedge Funds…
Irish authorised UCITS still eligible for Chilean pension funds
Irish authorised UCITS will still be eligible for investment from Chilean pension funds, according to a recent statement released by the…
Cantab Capital Partners to launch quant-based UCITS
Cantab Capital Partners, a Cambridge-based systemic global macro hedge fund with assets in excess of USD1billion, is…
Matrix Asian UCITS rotates to a China long position
London-based Matrix Group, one of the UK’s leading financial services businesses with around USD5.9billion in AUM, confirmed this week that…
KdK report finds UCITS FoHFs lagging in asset raising
A new report by London-based KdK Asset Management has found that UCITS funds of funds are struggling to attract assets,…
Austria’s Erste Group Bank to join UCITS bandwagon
Vienna-headquartered Erste Group Bank, one of the largest financial services companies in Central Europe with over…
Eurex to launch dividend futures on Swiss single stocks
Derivatives exchange Eurex will offer futures contracts based on dividends of Swiss companies starting on 30 November 2010. The new…
