10 Jan 2008
Malbec selects Gissing Software to deliver market data for quantitative algorithms
Gissing Software, which specialises in the routing and transformation of real-time market and trade data, has announced that a new…
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Hedge funds advance in December as equities decline, says Hennessee
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index calculated by hedge fund adviser Hennessee Group gained 0.30 per cent in December, even as equity markets…
Frontier Capital appoints new partners
Frontier Capital Management, which offers multi-asset investment strategies to the institutional, high net worth and private banking…
FXall trading volumes reach USD13.4trn in 2007
Leading global foreign exchange platform FXall has set a new mark for annual trading volumes of more than USD13.4trn in 2007, a 37 per cent…
Blackstone agrees to pay up to USD930m for leveraged finance specialist GSO
The Blackstone Group has agreed in principle to acquire GSO Capital Partners, an alternative asset manager specialising in the leveraged…
09 Jan 2008
SunTrust's Trusco Capital Management takes minority stake in 130/30 specialist
Trusco Capital Management, an asset management subsidiary of the Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks financial group, has signed a definitive…
McDonald succeeds founder as chief executive of Conifer Securities
Jack McDonald has been promoted from executive vice-president to president and chief executive of Conifer Securities, a San Francisco-based…
ING Investment Management takes minority stake in Lincoln Vale
ING Investment Management Americas, the US asset management arm of ING Group, has taken a minority stake in Lincoln Vale, an alternative…
Hedge funds post modest gains in December, say index providers
Two of the six strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes posted net-of-fees gains in December, and four of the six were up in the…
Albemarle Asset Management selects Advent Portfolio Exchange and Moxy
London-based Albemarle Asset Management, a financial adviser and investment manager that emphasises capital preservation and risk…
08 Jan 2008
Société Générale splits global hedge fund relations leadership
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Paul Wiltshire and Pascal Vallot as global heads of hedge fund relations,…
Mourant expands International Finance Administration services with Dublin opening
Jersey-based international financial and legal service provider Mourant has opened a new office in Dublin, the group's 11th worldwide, to…
HSBC appoints new head of alternative fund services in Singapore
HSBC has appointed Wout Kalis to head the Singapore operations for its alternative fund services business, the group's core provider of…
Custom House receives SAS 70 Type II Report
Dublin-based hedge Custom House Administration & Corporate Services has announced that it has become one of the first administrators to…
BlackSquare Capital launches global macro fund of funds
BlackSquare Capital, an independent London based asset management firm that specialises in alternative multi-manager investment products,…
