14 Sep 2009
GlobeOp adds on-demand access to valuations and reconciliations
GlobeOp Financial Services has added on-demand access to valuation and reconciliation processing data through GoOTC, its over-the-counter…
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UBS to test DTCC's managed accounts service web portal
UBS Financial Services is preparing to launch a test of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's managed accounts service and the…
Man and Dexion launch Man AHL Diversity
Man Investments and Dexion Capital have launched a Ucits III trend following product, Man AHL Diversity. Man Investments and Dexion…
Infiniti signs Australian advisory mandate
Infiniti Capital has signed an advisory mandate with an Australian institutional client, its first such deal in the Australian market. The…
11 Sep 2009
Third-country alternative funds could be shut out by EU directive option
A new draft of the European Union's Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers includes an option that would bar funds domiciled in…
US exchange-traded product assets hit all time high
US exchange-traded product assets hit an all time high of USD678bn at the end of August 2009, four per cent above the previous all time…
CFTC names Steven Schoenfeld director of market oversight
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Steven Schoenfeld as director of the division of market…
David Bullock joins Spectrum as senior vice president
Spectrum Group Management, an investor in the distressed, special situations and secured lending credit markets, has appointed David D.R.…
Event driven strongest Dow Jones hedge fund strategy
Event driven was again the strongest performer in August with a gain of 1.70 per cent for the month, and now sits atop the other strategies…
Australian hedge funds up 3.15 per cent in August
Australian Fund Monitors' hedge fund indices rose by 3.15 per cent in August, bringing year-to-date performance to 13.28 per…
Citi launches CitiFX Pro platform in Switzerland
Citi has launched CitiFX Pro, its online foreign exchange trading platform for active individual and small institutional traders, in…
Robert D. Goldbaum to join Paul Weiss M&A transactions practice
Law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has appointed Robert D.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cLaw firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund Index up 0.9 per cent in August
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor's hedge fund platform, was up 0.9 per cent in August, bringing…
S&P expands family of risk control indices
Standard & Poor's has launched additional risk controlled versions of its S&P 500, S&P Europe 350 and S&P/ASX 200 stock…
Insurance most active in US CDS markets
Financials remained heavily active in US credit default swaps markets throughout the month of August, with insurance among the more…