23 Jun 2010
Polar Capital AUM up 71 per cent
Polar Capital’s assets under management rose by 71 per cent during the 12 months ended 31 March 2010, totalling USD2.5bn.The recovery in…
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Comment: Emergency UK Budget - June 2010
George Osborne, the youngest Chancellor of the UK Exchequer in over a century, has had to produce a budget in some of the toughest times…
Prisma hires general counsel and managing director
Prisma Capital Partners, an alternative investment manager providing multi-manager hedge fund solutions, has appointed Anne Wynne as…
Population of high net worths growing at 17.1 per cent
The world’s population of high net worth individuals is growing at 17.1 per cent, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth…
Bingham expands investment management practice to Hong Kong
Law firm Bingham McCutchen has expanded its investment management group to Hong Kong with the addition of Anne-Marie Godfrey as…
Prologue adds trader to focus on FX
Prologue Capital, an alternative investment firm that manages a discretionary fixed income strategy, has hired Manny Mifsud as a portfolio…
ING launches synthetic portfolio solutions team
ING’s global securities finance team has hired Colin Bugler to head its new synthetic portfolio solutions team, reporting to Richard Pryce,…
Comment: UK Budget – implications for asset managers
Teresa Owusu-Adjei, asset management tax leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, comments on the proposed bank levy, and on the Government's…
Singapore Exchange launches Asia’s first dividend futures
Singapore Exchange has launched Asia’s first dividend futures contract, the Nikkei Dividend Point Index Futures contract.Since its 17 June…
ASIC starts reporting of short positions
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has started daily reporting of aggregated short positions, which will be published…
News from CISX: Second International Business Summit to focus on 'Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global Growth'
The second Channel Islands International Business Summit will focus on Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global…
22 Jun 2010
Comment: The outlook for European Equities
William Davies, Head of European Equities, Threadneedle, examines the prospects for Europe against a backdrop of austerity packages.The…
Equinox expands institutional sales team for alternative investment products
Equinox Capital Markets, the alternative investment marketing organisation, has appointed Daniel Gormont as an institutional sales…
Credit Suisse and Dow Jones join forces on hedge fund indexes
Credit Suisse and Dow Jones Indexes have signed an agreement covering the calculation, licensing, branding and marketing of the hedge fund…
RHJ International acquires KBC Asset Management Dublin
RHJ International has agreed with KBC Asset Management to buy KBC Asset Management Dublin for a total upfront cash consideration of…
