07 Oct 2010
Threadneedle appoints Donegan as Head of Asia and Global Emerging Markets
Threadneedle, has this week announced the appointment of Vanessa Donegan as the firm’s newly created Head of Asia and Global Emerging…
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Hendry shorts China buying CDS on Japanese corporate bonds
Prominent UK hedge fund manager, Hugh Hendry (pictured), the CIO and CEO of Eclectica Asset Management, has started taking short positions…
Salus Alpha to roll out Asian Equity L/S UCITS early 2011
Swiss-based Salus Alpha, one of the world’s leading UCITS investment managers, is gearing up to launch an Asian Equity L/S UCITS fund in…
Harcourt Investment Consulting AG enters strategic partnership with Daewoo Securities
Swiss fund of funds firm, Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, this week signed a strategic partnership agreement with Korea’s Daewoo…
Asia people moves
Thor Monsen has left Cadogan to become Strategy Head - Asian Hedge Funds at Citi Private Bank in Hong Kong.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cThor…
I2BF awarded mandate for Russian-Kazak nanotech fund
London-based asset management group I2BF has been awarded the mandate to control a new USD100m nanotech fund, alongside Russian bank…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index rises 1.97 per cent in September
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1.97 per cent in September, taking its year-to-date performance to 2.82 per cent.The top performing…
Otkritie expands investment banking business in London and Moscow
Otkritie has made additional hires in its investment banking business in London and Moscow.Sunil Joshi has been appointed managing…
Global Resources Fund to launch on Merchant Capital Ucits platform
Merchant Capital, a Ucits umbrella provider to the hedge fund industry, is launching the third fund on its platform – the Merchant Global…
NYSE Euronext global derivatives trading volume up five per cent
NYSE Euronext says global derivatives average daily volume reached 7.7 million contracts traded per day in September 2010, up 4.8 per cent…
Carlyle secures 9,000 square metres of lettings in Germany
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has secured lettings at the new Cubes premises on Cecilienallee 6-7 in Düsseldorf, Germany to…
ZeniMax Media receives USD150m from Providence Equity Partners
ZeniMax Media has closed a USD150m investment by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners in convertible preferred stock of the…
Iku Nishino joins GreensLedge Asia as managing director
GreensLedge Capital Markets has formed GreensLedge Asia, Tokyo Branch to expand the firm's business activities in the Asian markets. Iku…
InfoHedge Hosted Platform celebrates fifth birthday
InfoHedge Technologies, a provider of IT services and solutions to the alternative investment industry, is celebrating the five year…
Citi launches technology platform for funds of hedge funds
Citi’s global transaction services unit has launched a global technology platform specifically designed for servicing funds of hedge…
