28 Apr 2009
Comment: Madoff still causing a stir
Four months after Bernard Madoff admitted to defrauding thousands of investors of an amount that, including non-existent profits, could…
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Herald Fund Services contracts with Pacific Fund Systems for PFS-Paxus
The Herald Group has announced the selection of PFS-Paxus as its core infrastructure system for its recently established fund…
27 Apr 2009
Jason Carley and Gero Wendenburg join BLM Partnership
The founders of BLM Partners have announced the addition of Jason Carley and Gero Wendenburg to the partnership, which was founded in March…
NYSE Liffe to launch equity options on Arcadis
NYSE Liffe has announced that it will be introducing American-style options on the shares of the Dutch company Arcadis from 26 May 2009.…
Knight Capital launches European algorithmic suite
Knight Capital Group has announced the introduction of agency algorithmic trading and smart order execution strategies developed…
S&P expands arbitrage index family
Index provider Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of the S&P Forward Interest Rate Arbitrage Index Series, which will allow…
Sabre's Style Arbitrage Fund performance shows benefits of daily rebalancing, say principals
Performance amongst quantitative equity managers has been somewhat mixed so far this year, but the upbeat results of Sabre Fund…
Comment: Private equity leader TPG grapples with tough times
TPG, the firm formerly known as Texas Pacific Group, has overtaken the Carlyle Group to become the largest private equity group in the…
Alpstar announces partnership for debt restructuring in Spain
Alpstar, a European credit fund specialist, has announced a partnership with Ahorro Corporacion Financiera, the financial services group of…
Merlin launches institutional sales group
Merlin Securities, a prime brokerage services and technology provider for hedge funds, funds of funds and long-only managers, has announced…
24 Apr 2009
ITG launches algorithm for trading in volatile markets
Investment Technology Group, an agency broker and financial technology firm, has announced the addition of Dynamic Implementation Shortfall…
Bridgewater takes over from JPMorgan as world's biggest hedge fund manager, says report
Bridgewater Associates has claimed the title of the world's biggest hedge fund manager, surging ahead of JPMorgan Asset Management,…
Gottex Fund Management AUM down 12.2 per cent in Q1 2009
Gottex Fund Management, a global alternative asset management group, has announced that its assets under management fell 12.2 per cent in…
ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange sets system testing dates
ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange says it will conduct up to four pre-launch testing sessions in May. ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange…
Managed futures returns stay on a downward pattern, says Lipper Tass
Managed futures managers posted a negative 0.43 per cent return on average in US-dollar terms in March and minus 2.91 per cent since the…
