29 Jun 2007
Showbiz fund consolidator unveils entertainment investment unit
Producers Capital Syndicate, a fund consolidator and funding placement firm specialising in the entertainment industry with offices in New…
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Hedgeweek People News Round-Up: UK regulator loses more talent to consultants
Chris Rexworthy, head of supervision of wholesale investment firms at Financial Services Authority, and three of his colleagues from the UK…
28 Jun 2007
Alternative Investment Strategies moves to performance fee hurdle rate
Alternative Investment Strategies, the first fund of hedge funds to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced a change to its…
Betsy Gile joins BlueMountain Capital Management as strategic advisor
Betsy Gile, currently a member of the board of directors of Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and a…
Deutsche hire to launch hedge fund consulting business
John Budzyna has joined Deutsche Bank Securities, the investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank in the US, as a managing…
GLG agrees to pay USD3.2m to settle SEC short-selling charges
London-based hedge fund manager GLG Partners, which has just announced plans to obtain a US stock market listing through a reverse…
HFR launches diversity index to measure progress of women and minorities
Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research has launched the HFRX Diversity Index, a benchmark designed to reflect the performance of the segment of…
HSBC Investments launches two emerging market debt funds
HSBC Investments is launching two new emerging market debt funds, HSBC Global Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund and HSBC New World Income,…
AIG Global Investment Group hires head of alternative investments in Japan
AIG Global Investment Group has appointed Stewart Homler as managing director for alternative investments in Japan, in which capacity he…
27 Jun 2007
Mauritius investment frees up Standard Bank's Jersey staff for alternatives administration
Standard Bank is making significant investments in its infrastructure to enable it to further expand its funds services both in Jersey and…
Halbis appoints new head of trade execution
Halbis, the active asset management specialist of the HSBC Group, has appointed Tarne Bevan as head of trade execution, responsible for…
Nexum appoints Citi for all-in-one service of Luxembourg-domiciled hedge fund
Citi has been appointed by Nexum to service its Luxembourg-domiciled hedge fund, acting as fund administrator, transfer agent and…
Eurex launches derivatives on three further Stoxx indices
International derivatives exchange Eurex will expand its product range in the area of equity index derivatives with the launch of futures…
BlackRock to acquire USD1.7bn fund of funds business from Quellos Group
US asset manager BlackRock, which earlier this month announced plans to invest in alternative managers, has agreed to acquire the fund of…
