29 Sep 2009
CISX provides Oeic settlement with Euroclear UK & Ireland
The Market Authority of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange is making available transaction settlement at Euroclear UK & Ireland for…
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US short oil fund launched on NYSE Arca
The United States Short Oil Fund, an exchange-traded security designed to inversely track in percentage terms the movements of crude oil…
Law firm Harneys expands BVI litigation team
International offshore law firm Harneys has expanded its litigation and insolvency department in the British Virgin Islands with the…
Gain Capital launches ForexTrader Pro
Gain Capital, a global provider of online trading services, has launched ForexTrader Pro, the latest version of its margin trading platform…
GLG launches distressed fund
London-based hedge fund GLG Partners has launched a new distressed fund, according to a report in the Financial Times.The fund, which will…
Mereor selects Imagine Software for risk and portfolio management
Paris-based Mereor Investment Management and Advisory has chosen Imagine Software’s internet-based Derivatives.com service. The new…
Traditional approach to private wealth management misguided, says Edhec
Suitable extensions of portfolio optimisation techniques used by institutional investors can be transposed to private wealth management,…
Fortress International forms alliance with Carlisle Management
Fortress International Fund has entered into an alliance with Carlisle Management, which is to become the investment adviser to all of…
28 Sep 2009
Maples appoints head of tax
International law firm Maples and Calder has appointed Petrina Smyth in Dublin as head of tax.Smyth (pictured) is a seasoned professional…
York and BofA Merrill Lynch launch event-driven Ucits fund
York Capital Management and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have launched the York Event-Driven Ucits Fund, offering access to York's…
HSBC Private Bank names Chris Allen head of alternative investments
HSBC Private Bank has appointed Chris Allen as managing director and head of HSBC Alternative Investments. Allen currently head of real…
Ernest Pittarelli, chief operating officer of Sailfish Capital, dies at 56
Ernest “Ernie” Pittarelli, chief operating officer of Sailfish Capital Partners, died on 24 September at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York…
UK dithering is harming Cayman business, says CIFSA
The delay by the British Government in signing off on funding arrangements in the Cayman Islands is becoming a major cause for concern…
Man Research and Oxford-Man Institute expand into new premises
Man Research Laboratory and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance have opened larger premises in Jericho, Oxford.AHL’s…
SEC adopts rule requiring money market funds to report portfolio holdings
The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting an interim final temporary rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to require a…
