31 Aug 2010
Lakeview Investment Manager appoints Tony Lissuzzo as portfolio manager
Lakeview Investment Manager, an activist fund of hedge funds, has appointed Tony Lissuzzo as portfolio manager of the Lakeview Opportunity…
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Newedge welcomes EU derivative reform
Newedge Group, a provider of multi-asset brokerage and clearing, says it supports the European Commission’s legislative proposals to reform…
Harcourt AUM increases to USD4.7bn in first half of 2010
Harcourt Investment Consulting, the Switzerland-based alternative investment solutions provider, says assets under management as of 30 June…
Twelve Capital spins off from Horizon21
Twelve Capital, an investment manager focusing on insurance related investment opportunities, has completed its spin-off from alternative…
NYSE Euronext completes migration of NYSE and NYSE Amex to US data centre
NYSE Euronext’s US data centre in Mahwah, New Jersey, has completed the migration of more than 4,500 equities issues listed on the New York…
30 Aug 2010
Luxembourg reaches out to sophisticated Ucits
Traditionally Luxembourg hedge funds and funds of hedge funds have been set up under part II of the law of December 20, 2002 on UCIs and,…
In the front line of funds best practice
Ifina’s organisation in June of a networking evening at BVI House in London, featuring speakers representing the global hedge fund…
Ernst & Young facing securities fraud lawsuit over failed hedge fund
Attorneys from Houston's Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos are representing a group of investors in a lawsuit filed against hedge fund…
A new statute for regulation of BVI funds
On May 17, 2010, the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 (SIBA) came into force in the British Virgin…
The continuing evolution of Ucits in Ireland
Market commentary and discussion on the merits and limitations of alternative Ucits funds continue to generate considerable interest for…
How the ‘ultimate fund’ was created
Today alternative Ucits III structures are very much in vogue, but the SEB Asset Selection Fund traces its origins back more than five…
Are you ready to capitalise on convergence?
Due to the combination of bruising market losses, high correlation among asset classes, unexpected illiquidity and epic scandals, the…
European regulation holds key to future alternatives landscape
Nearly two years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers brought home to the global financial industry the seriousness of the crisis that…
Alyssa Grikscheit joins Sidley Austin as a partner in New York
Law firm Sidley Austin has appointed Alyssa A. Grikscheit as a partner in the Latin America and investment funds, advisers and derivatives…
29 Aug 2010
Long-term UCITS net outflows less severe in June reports EFAMA
EFAMA released its latest research report this week, in which it finds that long-term UCITS favoured much stronger than shorter-term money…
