29 Jan 2010
Union Bancaire Privée reports net profit of CHF216m
Asset manager Union Bancaire Privée made a net profit of CHF216m (USD209m) for the 2009 financial year.Assets under management totalled…
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28 Jan 2010
Former Deutsche Bank managing director sets up Gamma Finance
Florian de Sigy, former head of structured equity sales for Europe at Deutsche Bank, and Javier Rodriguez, previously senior strategist and…
Paddock goes live with IGEFI’s fund accounting platform
Paddock Fund Administration has gone live with IGEFI Group’s MultiFonds fund accounting platform. Paddock specialises in fund…
Earth Capital Partners hires sustainable agriculture and forestry team
Earth Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on renewable energy, has hired a sustainable agriculture and forestry investment team…
Amundi reveals new governance structure
Yves Perrier, chief executive of asset management firm Amundi, has revealed the new corporate governance structure of the…
Court grants protection over US assets of Cayman Islands fund
The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has granted protection over the US assets of a Cayman Islands exempted company in…
Fundraising taking twice as long during economic downturn
The economic downturn of 2009 severely impacted the US fundraising industry, with the amount of time taken to raise a fund increasing to an…
Luxembourg Financial Group appoints head of hedge fund solutions
Luxembourg Financial Group, a structured products boutique and asset manager, has appointed Gareth James as head of hedge fund…
Numerix to provide pricing models for Thomson Reuters
Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for the structuring, valuation and risk analysis of derivatives and structured products, is to…
Two California advisers charged with improper short-selling
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two California investment advisory firms for engaging in improper short selling of…
Refund of withholding tax paves way for EU investment fund reclaims
Investment funds across the EU who are challenging unlawful application of withholding taxes levied on dividends can expect refunds of…
Newedge to offer GCM services for Nodal Exchange
Newedge Group, with its membership in LCH.Clearnet, has become a general clearing member for Nodal Exchange, the first exchange dedicated…
BlackRock net income up USD204m from 2008
BlackRock’s fourth quarter 2009 net income was USD256m, up USD204m compared to 2008. The Barclays Global Investors transaction closed on 1…
Fidessa ready with high-speed interface to Korea
Fidessa group, a provider of trading, portfolio analysis, compliance, market data and connectivity solutions for the buy-side and…
27 Jan 2010
Gottex fee-earning assets total USD8.13bn at 31 December
Gottex Fund Management’s total fee-earning assets were USD8.13bn at 31 December 2009, down 1.2 per cent from USD8.23bn at 30 September…
