02 Jun 2010
BluMont Capital appoints investment manager for Core Hedge Fund
BluMont Capital is making a series of changes to the BluMont Core Hedge Fund, effective 1 July 2010.Sherpa Asset Management will be awarded…
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Mourant Ozannes merger creates one of the largest offshore law firms
Ozannes and Mourant du Feu & Jeune, two offshore law firms, have merged to create Mourant Ozannes.The merged firm brings together two…
Structured Portfolio Management expands investment team
Structured Portfolio Management, a fixed income alternative asset management firm, has expanded its investment team with the hire of four…
MSCI completes acquisition of RiskMetrics
MSCI, a provider of investment decision support tools, has completed its acquisition of RiskMetrics Group. Under the terms of the…
OCF launches new edition of its Glossary of Financial Communication Terms
The Observatoire de la Communication Financière (OCF) has launched a new and enhanced edition of it's popular “Glossary of Financial…
01 Jun 2010
New derivatives rules will have 'far-reaching impact', says Greenwich Associates
New derivatives rules in the bills now headed into the US Congressional conference committee process, will impact far beyond banks and…
Northern Trust launches UCITS portfolio monitoring
Northern Trust has enhanced its Hedge Fund Monitor solution with the addition of a new compliance module designed to support the unique…
Blackstone completes IPO of senior floating rate term fund
The Blackstone Group has completed the initial public offering of Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund. The fund's primary…
31 May 2010
Iveagh and 47 launch Newcits fund of funds
Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office and asset manager, and 47 Degrees North Capital Management, an alternative…
Federal Court imposes USD1.4m civil penalty against David A Owen
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a USD1.4 million civil monetary penalty against David A Owen of Destin,…
Kinetic Partners celebrates its fifth anniversary
Kinetic Partners, the professional services consultancy focused on the wider asset management industry, has marked its fifth anniversary by…
Guernsey funds maintain upward trend
The value of investment funds in Guernsey increased by GBP13.2bn (7.2%) during the first three months of this year, according to the latest…
Funds of funds expect increased competition from single manager vehicles
A survey of fund of fund managers and executives by accounting and advisory services firm Rothstein Kass suggests that the industry expects…
Guernsey Funds Forum reassures London market
London’s investment community has been reassured that Guernsey is confident of continuing to be a leading funds centre despite current…
Hedge funds pose 'serious' risk to investors and financial system
New research from the European School of Management & Technology (ESMT), in collaboration with the Rotterdam School of Management, has…
