01 Mar 2010
Virginia resident charged with operating forex fraud scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Ronald W. Smith, Jr. of Vansant, Virginia, doing business as Safeguard 3030…
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Property investment funds 'see rise in US distressed sales'
The US is among the countries which have seen the biggest rise in distressed sales in the last 12 months, which could interest property…
Hedge funds 'to benefit from Chinese market growth in 2010'
The Chinese market is expected to experience growth during the next 12 months, it has been revealed.The Chinese market is expected to…
Australian hedge funds fall 1.50 per cent in January
Australian hedge funds fell by 1.50 per cent in January, bringing their return for the last 12 months to 15 per cent, according to…
Aegon launches UK Equity Absolute Return Fund
Aegon Asset Management is launching a UK Equity Absolute Return Fund which aims to capitalise on the group's UK equity investment…
Comment: Private equity on the rebound
Philip Millward (pictured) and Julian Ashworth, a partner and associate respectively with Walkers’ private equity group in the Cayman…
28 Feb 2010
Ipreo acquires certificates collection service from Markit
Ipreo, a provider of market intelligence and productivity solutions to investment banks and corporations, has acquired Markit’s…
Insynergy to launch Absolute India Fund
Insynergy Investment Management has teamed up with India’s largest asset management company, Reliance Capital Asset Management, to launch…
Kinetic Partners welcomes FSA hedge fund risk survey
Kinetic Partners has welcomed the results of a survey by the UK Financial Services Authority which found that hedge funds do not pose a…
26 Feb 2010
Comment: On balance, a reasonably encouraging Indian Budget
Kommera Chakradhar (KC) Reddy (pictured), Head of India Equities at Baring Asset Management Limited (London) summarises the impact of…
Iosco publishes systemic risk data requirements for hedge funds
The International Organization of Securities Commissions’ Technical Committee has published details of an agreed template for the global…
GlobeOp and Linedata introduce long short equity and futures processing
GlobeOp Financial Services has partnered with Linedata Services to offer an ASP-delivered, front-office order management system fully…
Saka Capital appoints Carne for directorship services
Saka Capital, a Singapore-based credit hedge fund manager, has appointed Carne Global Financial Services to provide the Saka Capital Liquid…
Elsa welcomes FSA speech on life settlements
The European Life Settlement Association has welcomed the frank address given by the UK Financial Services Authority at the Elsa/Lisa…
Can we borrow our way out of the credit crunch?
By Leigh Skene, Lombard Street Research – The two factors that turned the 1930s into the worst depression since the Industrial Revolution…
