02 Mar 2010
Maples Finance Luxembourg launches fund administration services
Maples Finance, a fund services provider, has expanded its European service offering in Luxembourg following the recent grant of its…
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Brown Brothers Harriman increases securities lending presence in Asia
Brown Brothers Harriman has assigned Robert Lees and Richard Meek to its Hong Kong office, assuming the respective roles of head of…
Cowen Group launches Ramius Trading Strategies
Cowen Group has formed Ramius Trading Strategies, a subsidiary of Ramius Alternative Solutions, and launched the RTS Global Fund. The…
Citi names Sanjiv Sawhney global head of fund services
Citigroup has appointed Sanjiv Sawhney as global head of fund services for Citi's securities and fund services business. In this new…
Natixis Global Associates launches Asia Pacific fund for US investors
Natixis Global Associates and Absolute Asia Asset Management have launched a multi-cap stock fund, the Absolute Asia Dynamic Equity Fund.…
Aladdin Credit Partners closes inaugural credit oportunites fund at USD573m
Aladdin Credit Partners (ACP), a joint equity venture formed by co-founders Luke Gosselin and Victor Russo, and Aladdin Capital Holdings,…
RBC Capital Markets hires director in Hong Kong
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has hired Raymond Schumertl as a director for global…
01 Mar 2010
Spending on post-Mifid market surveillance to reach EUR185m in 2012
The implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is turning market surveillance, traditionally a cost centre, into a…
After the crisis, industry adapts to new environment
The hedge fund industry has looked into the abyss and stepped back.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6c The hedge fund industry has looked into…
Hedge funds see new need for risk controls
In the past, many hedge fund managers, particularly smaller ones, sought to monitor and manage their risks using spreadsheet-based…
London’s hedge fund industry ponders opportunities and threats
By most standards London’s position as an international centre of the hedge fund industry appears to be in pretty good…
Can the UK become Europe’s centre of choice for hedge funds?
Over the past 10 to 15 years Dublin and Luxembourg have secured position as the locations of choice for sophisticated European investment…
The key is communication
One of the main developments in the hedge fund industry over the past 24 months has been the emergence of stakeholder issues and the…
MFA urges SEC to analyse impact of short selling restrictions
The Managed Funds Association says it is disappointed that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s short selling restrictions are not…
Bedrock launches fund of hedge funds investing solely in Brazil
Bedrock Group, the Geneva-based wealth and asset manager, has launched Bedrock Brazil with USD50m of commitments. The fund is a multi…
