05 May 2010
Guy de Blonay to manage Jupiter Hyde Park Hedge Fund
Guy de Blonay has been appointed lead manager of the Jupiter Hyde Park Hedge Fund with effect from 1 June 2010. Blonay (pictured) will take…
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Fortis Market Access to include Milan Stock Exchange
Fortis Bank Global Clearing has extended its Market Access services to include access to the Milan Stock Exchange.Trading companies can now…
Aegon launches Global Opportunities Fund
Aegon Asset Management is launching a Global Opportunities Fund targeting investors wanting global macro exposure. The fund aims to provide…
Playing defence in a rally
Following a period in which high-yield corporates and equities have rallied roughly 80 per cent off their lows, much of the ‘easy money’…
Comment: Inflation outlook – ‘bad’ inflation is coming
Jerry Haworth, Director, 36 South Investment Managers Ltd, examines the outlook for inflation and explains the forces that are driving…
04 May 2010
Och-Ziff makes net loss of USD88.6m
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group made a GAAP net loss of USD88.6m, or USD1.07 per basic and diluted class A share, for the first quarter…
Capital flows to Asian hedge funds stall
Following two consecutive quarters of capital inflows, the Asian hedge fund industry saw net redemptions of approximately USD700m in the…
Citco Fund Services becomes sub-administrator for OpHedge funds
Citco Fund Services and OpHedge Investment Services have joined forces to provide their clients with enhanced fund administration and…
Merrion launches Ucits European long short equity fund
Merrion Investment Managers has recruited a long short equity team, comprised of Michael Nicol and Alistair MacDonald, to manage a new…
CFTC sanctions Noble Americas USD130,000 for wash sales trading
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and simultaneous settling charges against Noble Americas for…
Allied Properties acquires office in Montreal
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has entered into an agreement to purchase 645 Wellington Street in Montreal for CAD10.5m.…
NYSE Euronext net income totals USD130m
NYSE Euronext has reported net income of USD130m or USD0.50 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2010, compared to net income of…
Weil Gotshal expands funds practice in Asia
Law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has added John Fadely to its Hong Kong office as a partner and a member of the firm’s global funds…
Foreign exchange market cools as financial markets stabilise
Worldwide foreign exchange trading volume declined by approximately six per cent to just under USD100trn last year, according to Greenwich…
Average daily volume of 12.7 million contracts at Eurex and ISE in April
At the derivatives markets of Eurex an average daily volume of 12.7 million contracts was traded in April compared with 11.8 million in…