22 Oct 2010
Investment firm Zedd Capital launches
Zedd Capital has launched to provide absolute return investment management services for retail investors and professional clients. The…
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21 Oct 2010
UBS in talks with prop. traders setting up hedge funds, continues Asia PB expansion with 11 hires this year
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, has been one of the most active prime brokerages in Asia Pacific, with new hires across the board from…
Japanese startup numbers set to exceed previous high of 2006
Japan looks set to exceed the 2006 high watermark in terms of startup numbers this year, with 27 expected to be launched by year-end. 2006…
Sparx preparing to launch Equity L/S fund
Sparx Group Co., Asia’s 2nd biggest hedge fund manager, is preparing to launch a new Equity L/S fund in Q1 2011. Speaking at this week’s…
BGC Partners launches fully electronic dollar interest rate options
BGC Partners, an intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, has executed its first fully electronic dollar interest rate option…
“Equity markets asleep at the wheel,” says Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Equities Commodities Research
Speaking at this week’s Bloomberg Hedge Funds Asia Summit in Hong Kong, two leading Asia-based commodities hedge fund managers agreed that…
Japan’s Orix Investment Corporation to buy US Mariner hedge fund
In a further sign that the hedge fund industry is beginning to consolidate Tokyo-based Orix Investment Corporation has…
Libor floors have become the norm, says Debtwire
With USD Libor at historical lows, Libor floors have become the norm with 95 per cent of loans including floors with ranges of 1.25 per…
Merlin Securities launches real-time P&L application for iPad
Merlin Securities, a prime brokerage services and technology provider, has released the Merlin Compass iPad application.Merlin Compass for…
Quintillion integrates new version of Paladyne with Advent Geneva
Quintillion, an independent hedge fund administration firm, has integrated a new version of Paladyne Price and Paladyne Security with its…
Revere Capital Advisors forms partnership with Quest Partners
Revere Capital Advisors has formed a partnership with Quest Partners, a New York based commodity trading adviser.Revere, a New York and…
Funds of hedge funds managers favour event driven strategies
Managers of funds of hedge funds expect returns from equity hedge funds to improve and favour event driven strategies, says Standard &…
Deutsche Bank launches liquidity service for interest rate products
Deutsche Bank has launched Prism, a guaranteed liquidity service powered by the bank’s Autobahn electronic execution platform. Prism is the…
London Metal Exchange to delist plastics contracts
The London Metal Exchange will delist its plastics contracts and the last prompt date for all existing contracts will be 29 April 2011.The…
Numerix opens sales office in Australia
Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has opened a regional sales office in Sydney,…
