26 Aug 2010
Asia people moves
Hiromichi Otsu (ex-Bear Stearns AM, Commerz, Russell, Nikko AM) has joined AXA Rosenberg Investment Management in Tokyo…
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Aima to engage with US authorities on Dodd-Frank Act implementation
The Alternative Investment Management Association is to engage with US policymakers and supervisors over the implementation of the…
Ticonderoga forms partnership with Shenyin Wanguo Securities
Ticonderoga Securities, an institutional broker dealer, has formed an exclusive partnership with Shenyin Wanguo Securities (H.K.), one of…
Hong Kong members gain direct access to NYSE Liffe
NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has received regulatory approval from the Hong Kong Securities and…
S&P expands range of risk control indices
Standard & Poor’s is extending its range of risk control indices with the launch of two risk control index series. The S&P 500…
25 Aug 2010
Dutch allocation auctions to be held on 14 October and 18 November
The Dutch Ministries of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and Economic Affairs intend to auction four million EU emission…
C.M. Capital appoints Bruce W. Madding as president
C.M. Capital has appointed finance and investment veteran Bruce W. Madding as president and chief investment officer. Madding has had a…
SEI to provide collateral management solution for OTC derivatives
SEI has expanded its middle office outsourcing services to include collateral management for over-the-counter derivatives.It says this will…
Luke Ellis to head Man’s multi-manager business
Man has appointed Luke Ellis as head of its multi-manager business.Ellis has over 25 years’ investment management experience.He has held a…
Illiquid trading dominates as secondary market awaits locked up funds
Hedgebay’s monthly secondary market index continued its general trend of recent months with near-par trading, deals at around 100 per cent…
24 Aug 2010
Chi-X Europe receives offer enquiry from third party
Chi-X Europe, the pan-European equities exchange, has received an enquiry from a third party which may or may not lead to an offer for the…
Insparo chooses Throgmorton for back office accountancy services
Insparo Asset Management, the frontier markets investment specialist, has appointed Throgmorton UK, one of the UK’s largest accountancy and…
Interest rate volatility boosts South African hedge funds
A combination of a volatile interest rate environment and increased regulation imposed on US banks regarding the use of capital for…
Managed futures post mixed returns for July
Managed futures managers experienced mixed performance for July, the latest report from Lipper Tass shows. While discretionary managers saw…
Hedge funds will confront macro-arbitrage opportunities after summer lull
The structure of the hedge fund business is now more at risk of declining if performance is not sustained, a report by Lipper says. This is…