06 Sep 2010
Stenham acquires Montier Partners
Stenham Asset Management has expanded its investment team with the acquisition of Montier Partners, a discretionary investment management…
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Westcore Capital to launch managed futures products
Westcore Capital, a brokerage service firm, is set to launch managed futures products and services that will cater to the cash and…
Gad Capital initiates proxy contest for Paragon Technologies
Gad Capital, an investment fund and beneficial owner of 6.5 per cent of the common stock of Paragon Technologies, has launched a proxy…
Dutch hedge funds profit in July
Dutch hedge funds gained an average 0.2 per cent in July, as measured by the Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index, despite their very cautious…
City Financial launches Asian fund of funds advised by Clontarf Capital
UK asset management firm City Financial has launched the City Financial Asian Absolute Growth Fund, its first foray into the Asian fund of…
Chi-X Europe starts trading international depositary receipts
Chi-X Europe, the pan-European stock exchange, has started trading international depositary receipts. The new market segment covers 50…
Jersey funds head sees opportunities for mezzanine rebound
Nigel Strachan (pictured), head of business development at Kleinwort Benson’s corporate services business in Jersey and the new chairman of…
05 Sep 2010
ABN Amro Clearing relocates senior manager to Asia Pacific
ABN Amro Clearing is relocating Chris Lee, global head of market access and brokerage, from London to Hong Kong. Whilst continuing his…
Credit Suisse and UBS named share leaders in European equity trading
Credit Suisse and UBS have been named the 2010 Greenwich share leaders in European equity trading, with each firm boasting a market share…
UCITS attracting hedge fund managers looking for institutional investors
With recent reports and individual commentators suggesting that US pension fund allocations into alternative investment vehicles will rise…
Fund Spotlight: Tungsten-PRO ART ERV UCITS-III Fund
This week’s spotlight is on Frankfurt-based Tungsten Capital Management and their market neutral absolute return PRO ART ERV…
Concerto AM wins EUR60 million mandate from Goodhart Partners
US corporate credit manager, Concerto Asset Management, has won a EUR60 million credit alpha absolute return mandate from London-based…
Signet launches global multi-strategy fund of funds
Signet, the London and Swiss-based fund of hedge funds management and advisory group, is preparing to launch the…
UCITS funds make slight gains in August, Macro on top
August results show that global hedge funds, using Hedge Fund Research’s HFRX UCITS III-compliant index, made modest gains of +0.17 per…
BGC Partners trades fully electronic Euro interest rate swaps
BGC Partners, an intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, has completed its first fully electronic Euro interest rate swap…