07 Apr 2010
BlueMountain raises more than USD250m for three credit funds
BlueMountain Capital Management has raised more than USD250m for three new funds designed to pursue credit market opportunities in the…
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IndexIQ marks three-year anniversary of hedge fund replication indexes
IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has marked the three-year anniversary for its family of hedge fund…
NYSE Liffe US to offer full suite of interest rate futures
NYSE Liffe US, the new US futures exchange of NYSE Euronext, will launch a family of interest rate futures in the third quarter of 2010 to…
HSBC launches Ucits emerging markets equity fund
HSBC Global Asset Management is launching a Ucits III absolute return global emerging markets fund.The HSBC GIF GEM Equity Alpha Fund,…
Paul Dobbyn joins Maples to bolster funds group
Law firm Maples and Calder has hired Paul Dobbyn in Dublin to bolster the firm's funds group. Dobbyn (pictured), who joins on 1 May, will…
SGX seeks comment on Nikkei Dividend Index Futures contract
Singapore Exchange is inviting public feedback on the proposed contract specifications for the SGX Nikkei Stock Average Dividend Point…
06 Apr 2010
Livestock strongest S&P GSCI sector in March
The S&P GSCI ended the first quarter of 2010 with a decline of 0.89 per cent following a 1.94 per cent increase in March. Livestock was…
SEI expands side pocket processing capabilities
SEI has expanded its capabilities related to the processing and accounting of side pocket investments for fund managers. SEI spearheaded…
Breeden Capital names Joshua Fenton director of research and trading
Breeden Capital Management has hired Joshua W. Fenton as senior managing director and director of research and trading. Fenton will direct…
BNP Paribas Investment Partners and Fortis Investments combine operations
BNP Paribas Investment Partners and Fortis Investments have completed the combination of their two operations. The combined entity is now…
NYSE Arca Europe passes one per cent market share
NYSE Arca Europe, NYSE Euronext’s pan-European multilateral trading facility, says its market share has reached a significant milestone,…
Average daily volume of ten million contracts at Eurex and ISE
In March 2010 the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of ten million contracts, a decline…
February proves a challenge for Australian hedge funds
Australian hedge funds produced positive returns in February but for many managers it was a tough month, according to a report by…
05 Apr 2010
Citi launches algorithmic trading platform
Citi has launched an algorithmic trading platform for its institutional equity trading clients. The platform offers execution logic and…
First State Investments announces sale of FSMG to Chrysalis PLC
First State Investments International Limited has sold First State Media Group (Ireland) Limited (FSMG) to Chrysalis PLC (Chrysalis) for…
