16 Dec 2009
Fund administration takes centre stage
The administrator’s time has come. Once a relatively obscure part of the asset management industry, administration is now in the front line…
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15 Dec 2009
Hedge funds regain momentum as markets resume upward climb
Hedge funds finished November in positive territory as global stock markets resumed their upward trend, according to a report by Lipper.…
Calamos chooses State Street for US and global products
State Street has been selected by Illinois-based Calamos Investments to provide custody, fund administration and securities lending…
New Haven pension fund invests USD8m in IndexIQ SMA vehicle
The City of New Haven’s Employee Retirement Fund has invested USD8m in IndexIQ’s multi-strategy hedge fund replication separately managed…
NIR Group adds managing director
Alternative investment firm NIR Group has appointed Robert M. Cohen as managing director. Based in the firm's Roslyn, New York,…
Silver outperforms gold by 30 per cent in 2009
The Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors, predicted silver would outperform gold in early 2009 and advised clients to…
Execution launches options trading capability
Execution LLC, an agency-only broker, has launched an options trading platform. The new offering is led by John Margolis who joined…
DoubleLine forms relationship with Oaktree Capital Management
DoubleLine, an advisory firm recently formed by Jeffrey Gundlach and Philip Barach, has established a strategic relationship with Oaktree…
Karan Sampson joins Marcum's alternative investment group
Marcum has appointed Karan Sampson to the firm’s alternative investment group as the director of business development. She will be working…
NYSE Liffe to launch CAC 40 Dividend Index futures
NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has launched a standard cash-settled futures contract based on the CAC 40…
Australian investors given access to global absolute returns trust
Standard Life Investments has made its global absolute returns strategies solution available to institutional and wholesale investors in…
Comment: The Bank Payroll Tax – beyond the banks?
Jonathan Denton, partner in law firm Mishcon de Reya’s Finance and Banking Group, examines the implications of the UK Chancellor’s proposed…
Comment: Hedge Funds: 2009 review and outlook for 2010
The hedge fund industry will grow in 2010 with risk management continuing to be the key to success and macro, long/short equity and…
14 Dec 2009
Hedge fund ETF reaches USD1bn in assets under management
In under a year the db x-trackers db Hedge Fund Index ETF has reached more than USD1bn in assets under management. As of 8 December the…
Russell selects Nasdaq OMX for global indexes
Russell Investments has selected Nasdaq OMX as the primary source of real-time index values for Russell's global and ex-US indexes.Nasdaq…
