04 May 2010
Law firm Hogan Lovells is launched
Law firms Hogan & Hartson and Lovells and completed the combination of their two firms.The partners of both firms voted to combine the…
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Jeremy Stretch to join CIBC’s macro strategy
Jeremy Stretch will be joining CIBC’s macro strategy team in late July as executive director and head of FX strategy. Stretch joins from…
Comment: US public pension funds to increase allocation to hedge funds at greater rate than corporate pension plans
Donald A. Steinbrugge (pictured), Managing Member Agecroft Partners, LLC, predicts that United States public pension funds will increase…
Jersey top offshore financial centre
Jersey is the only offshore centre to place in the top 20 of global finance centres in an industry listing.Jersey took 18th position in the…
03 May 2010
Carlyle acquires USD5.1bn of assets from Stanfield Capital
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has agreed to purchase the management contracts on USD5.1bn in collateralised loan obligations and…
Moore Capital fined USD25m for attempted manipulation of settlement prices
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges that Moore Capital Management…
C.P. Eaton launches RMB fundraising platform
C.P. Eaton Partners has launched a platform to enable all of its current and future general partners access to RMB capital sources within…
Barclays’ Radar strategy now available on Nucleus
Barclays Capital Fund Solutions says its Research Analysis Driven Absolute Return strategy is now available on Nucleus.The addition of…
Lyxor and Martin Currie launch China Dragon Fund
Lyxor Asset Management and Martin Currie have launched the Lyxor/Martin Currie China Dragon Fund. The fund is a non-benchmarked long/short…
Emerging markets key driver for healthcare sector growth
Polar Capital’s healthcare investment team believes AstraZeneca’s results are evidence of the growing importance of emerging markets in the…
Dee Trussell and Steven LaDew join Spectrum as directors
Spectrum Group Management, an alternative investment firm focused in the distressed, special situations and asset based credit markets, has…
ICE adds emissions trading with acquisition of Climate Exchange
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), the operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and OTC markets, is to acquire Climate…
30 Apr 2010
Gottex hires Debra Rothman and Mark Oestergaard
Gottex Fund Management, an alternative asset management group, has hired Debra Rothman as managing director, head of North American sales…
Altin returns 13.57 per cent for 2009
Swiss alternative investment company Altin delivered a positive investment performance of 13.57 per cent for 2009, outperforming the HFRI…
29 Apr 2010
J O Hambro names James Du Boulay manager of funds distribution
J O Hambro Investment Management has appointed James Du Boulay as manager of funds distribution. Du Boulay will be based in London,…
