20 Feb 2008
Financial software provider Fidessa to set up Belfast development centre
Fidessa group, which provides multi-asset financial trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, investment compliance, market data and…
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Dechert advises ETF Securities on launch of new range of ETCs
Dechert has advised longstanding client ETF Securities, through its subsidiary ETFS Commodity Securities, on the proposed listing of its…
19 Feb 2008
ITG adds Posit Alert to crossing suite in Europe
Investment Technology Group, a provider of technology-based trading services and transaction research, is adding Posit Alert, a new…
Latin managers extend appeal to attract offshore investors
The foundations of Latin America's hedge fund industry were largely built by managers emerging from traditional investment firms and the…
Lionhart opens office in midtown Manhattan
Lionhart, a multistrategy arbitrage hedge fund manager with USD800m under management, has opened an office at 540 Madison Avenue in midtown…
Jersey Finance to promote fund services in Edinburgh
Jersey Finance, the promotional agency for the island's financial services industry, has announced plans for a series of events in the UK…
Jersey expects early take-up of Unregulated Fund regime
Jersey has introduced two new classes of investment fund that can be established without regulatory approval under its funds…
Dexion Absolute raises GBP134m in oversubscribed tap issue
Guernsey-domiciled fund of hedge funds Dexion Absolute has raised a further GBP134.2m (USD263.2m) from investors in four currency classes…
Artradis Fund Management joins lawsuits over valuation of Kazakh bank
QVT Financial, a manager of global multistrategy hedge funds that claims more than USD11bn in assets under management, has announced it…
Advent Software and Atlantic Link form consulting alliance
Advent Software, a leading provider of software and solutions to the global investment management industry, has established a consulting…
18 Feb 2008
Juno Mother Earth founder departs to launch Vertus Capital Partners
Juno Mother Earth Asset Management co-founder Joseph Di Virgilio has quit as an equity portfolio manager at the firm to establish New…
Oxford Funding launches hedge fund to invest in mortgage portfolios
Houston-based Oxford Funding Corporation has launched a hedge fund, Delaware limited partnership Oxford Opportunistic Mortgage Fund, which…
SMART funds offer new opportunities for wealth management
The Bahamas moved into the international financial services business as long ago as the 1930s and was a pioneer of the offshore funds…
Pinnacle Alternative Investments and Preqin Hedge join forces
Pinnacle Alternative Investments, a marketing and business consultant to hedge fund managers, and Preqin Hedge, a division of London-based…
GLG Partners appoints portfolio manager in New York
GLG Partners has appointed Daniel Geber, an investment specialist in international small and mid caps, as a portfolio manager in its New…
