24 Dec 2009
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23 Dec 2009
State Street to acquire Intesa Sanpaolo’s securities services business
State Street has signed an acquisition agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo, one of Italy’s premier banking groups, to acquire its securities…
Calamos Asset Management names Nick Calamos president of investments
Calamos Asset Management has named Nick Calamos president of investments and co-chief investment officer and Jim Boyne president of…
SunGard launches new version of VPM portfolio accounting solution
SunGard has released a new version of its VPM portfolio accounting solution for hedge funds. SunGard’s VPM version 9.0 provides hedge funds…
22 Dec 2009
Eurex to launch dividend futures on single stocks
The international derivatives exchange Eurex will offer futures contracts based on particular dividends of individual shares from 11…
Triple A Partners and Hatfield combine fund distribution businesses
Triple A Partners and Hatfield Advisors have entered into a joint venture agreement to develop their combined fund distributions business…
Managed futures managers rally despite choppy markets
Despite fears about Dubai’s debt crisis triggering choppy conditions in equity markets toward the end of November, managed futures managers…
Reduction of illiquid assets primary concern for 2010
The November edition of Hedgebay Trading’s monthly index has posited that if 2010 is to see the hedge fund market return to its previous…
State Street Global Advisors given mandate by Flintshire County Council
State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has been appointed by Flintshire County Council to…
DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric Fund celebrates second anniversary
The DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric Fund completed its second year of operation at the end of November 2009. The fund has outperformed the Swiss…
HMRC clarifies bank payroll tax
HM Revenue & Customs has clarified what constitutes a bank following its announcement on 9 December that it will be implementing a bank…
Greenwich Loan Income Fund acquires loan from affiliate
Greenwich Loan Income Fund has acquired a senior secured corporate loan from T2 Income Fund CLO I, an affiliate of the company which is…
Barclays, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan dominate fixed income trading
Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan have emerged to dominate the post-crisis fixed-income trading business in Europe, according…
21 Dec 2009
Nimrod completes final closing of Altus Resource Capital
Altus Resource Capital, a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment company, has completed the placing of its shares with an aggregate…
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index up 17.53 per cent YTD
Hedge funds rebounded in November, putting them on track to post their best annual performance since inception of the Credit Suisse/Tremont…
