11 Nov 2009
Liongate Capital Management opens office in Dubai
Liongate Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds manager, has opened its Dubai office and been awarded a license by the Dubai Financial…
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Sophis appoints area sales director for Switzerland and Luxembourg
Sophis, a provider of cross-asset, front-to-back portfolio and risk management solutions, has appointed René Flor as area sales director…
NYSE Liffe to launch equity options on AMG
NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, will add options on the shares of the Dutch company AMG Advanced…
SmartPool adds BofA Merrill Lynch and CA Cheuvreux
SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, has added a…
Comment: UK tax authority turns the spotlight on offshore management
Michael Cant (pictured), partner at Nabarro LLP, outlines the implications of the recent tax residency case, Laerstate BV v HMRC.It comes…
10 Nov 2009
Nathan Dean joins Quoin Partners as senior partner
Quoin Partners has appointed Nathan Dean as senior partner.Dean has deep experience in the alternative asset and investment management…
Scott Licamele joins Red Star Asset Management
Scott Licamele, former vice president of equity research sales at Renaissance Capital, has joined hedge fund Red Star Asset Management,…
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index to finish flat in October
Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish almost flat with a +0.17 per cent return in October.Hedge…
Hedge funds fall for first time in seven months
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 0.50 per cent in October, bringing its year-to-date performance to +20.12 per cent, according to…
Tora Compass and Tradar Insight complete integration
Tora, a technology, trading and liquidity provider for Asia, and Tradar, a supplier of portfolio management and accounting solutions to the…
HFA’s Speak Up campaign gains traction on Capitol Hill
The Hedge Fund Association has made progress on its Speak Up campaign, which seeks to ensure that regulation of the hedge fund industry…
Equity long/short portfolios continue to grow, says report
Although investment managers have relatively few assets in equity long and short investment portfolios, this segment of the market…
NYSE Technologies extends SuperFeed to Asian Markets
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, is actively expanding its SuperFeed product suite to Asian…
Life settlements “bear no resemblance to sub-prime disasters”
Alarmist calls by some US commentators that the securitisation of life settlements could turn into the next sub-prime disaster were…
BNY Mellon awarded fund administration mandate by Tribridge
BNY Mellon’s alternative investment services business has been selected by Tribridge Investment Partners as fund administrator for its new…
