06 Jan 2010
BNP Paribas joins as a prime bank on EBS platform
BNP Paribas has joined Icap’s EBS platform as an FX prime bank. This is the first time BNP Paribas has been active in the FX market as a…
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Newedge first foreign broker to get Korean full futures licence
Newedge, a provider of multi-asset brokerage and clearing services, has been granted a full futures licence by the Korea Financial Services…
Canadian mutual fund assets up 1.30 per cent
The Investment Funds Institute of Canada says based on a sample of preliminary data from some of its members, net assets of the mutual fund…
Systematic Alpha launches trend following CTA fund
Systematic Alpha Management, a New York-based CTA, is launching a product that aims to take advantage of short‐term directional price…
RBC Dexia to service Advent’s Global Phoenix Fund
RBC Dexia Investor Services has been selected by Advent Capital Management to provide custody, fund administration and shareholder services…
Penjing and Triple A to develop Asian hedge fund seeding business
Penjing Asset Management has entered into a joint venture agreement with Triple A Partners and its affiliates to raise fresh investment…
05 Jan 2010
Macquarie Funds Group grows fund-linked derivatives business
Macquarie Funds Group, the asset management arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed Pratap Dasgupta as a managing director in its fund-linked…
Quant Asset Management appoints independent director
Quant Asset Management, investment adviser to the QAM Global Equities Fund and the QAM Asian Equities Fund, has strengthened the board of…
Low-risk film fund achieves 11.24 per cent return after costs
Investing in film is traditionally regarded as a risky activity, but BVI Company P&C Arcade Film Fund has developed what it says is a…
ICBI Research: Managers must see the world through investors’ eyes
A new research paper from the investment funds conference producer ICBI answers key questions and sets out a number of action points for…
Harneys appoints three partners
International offshore law firm Harneys has appointed Sarah Dobbyn and Jonathan Law as partners in the firm’s Cayman Islands office and…
Saturn Capital Management selects Archway for fund administration
Archway Technology Partners, a global software and services company, has been chosen by Saturn Capital Management to provide fund…
Trading volume at Eurex and ISE reaches 2.65 billion contracts in 2009
The international derivatives markets of Eurex closed out 2009 with a turnover of more than 2.65 billion contracts, compared with 3.17…
Increased competition for hedge fund capital raising in 2010
Agecroft Partners has observed several dominant and emerging trends regarding capital flows into the hedge fund arena. The trends were…
04 Jan 2010
Carey Olsen appoints commercial litigation partner
Channel Island law firm Carey Olsen has named Tim Corfield as a partner.Corfield (pictured) specialises in banking and finance litigation…
