18 Mar 2005
State Street releases survey on institutional investing trends
The results of a new survey show that a majority of institutional investors intend to add to their hedge fund holdings over the next three…
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Phoenix Kapitaldienst employee investigated in EUR 600m fraud case
A local court in Frankfurt has started insolvency proceedings against Frankfurt-based derivatives brokerage Phoenix Kapitaldienst GmbH.Last…
CCorp moves to complete Global Clearing Link for 23 hour trading of Eurex global benchmark products
Eurex is preparing to increase access by US and Asia-Pacific customers to its global benchmark products via Eurex US and its clearing…
17 Mar 2005
Overview of the UK Budget 2005
Rob Edwards of HedgeStart Partners LLP provides a snapshot of the key features in the UK Chancellor's Budget for 2005/06Perhaps even more…
Harmonic enhances infrastructure by appointing new operations partner
Fixed income and currency specialist hedge fund Harmonic Capital Partners has appointed Phil Briggs as operations partner. Briggs has had…
Key marketing appointment
Key Asset Management Limited has appointed Shyam Moorjani as head of marketing with effect from 28 February 2005. Chartered accountant…
Cairn Capital Credit Opportunities Fund attracts over USD 100m
The first closing of Cairn Capital's Credit Opportunities Fund has attracted initial commitments in excess of USD 100m from UK, European…
PFPC unifies alternatives groups under Kehoe
PFPC Inc has consolidated its US and international alternative investment groups under one management structure headed by Joan Kehoe.In her…
Fortis Bank London appoints new commercial team member
Martin Frewer has been appointed to the sales and account management team of the London branch of Fortis Bank Global Clearing.Frewer, who…
16 Mar 2005
SEC takes emergency action against Palm Beach hedge funds
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency civil action to halt a USD 81m fraud by a group of Palm Beach-based hedge…
Reuters subsidiary to acquire HedgeWorld and TASS Research
Lipper, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters, is expanding its reach in hedge fund and data research by acquiring TASS Research and…
GAM Multi-Arbitrage to reopen to subscriptions
GAM Multi-Arbitrage will re-open to subscriptions on 28 March 2005. This is the latest GAM fund to re-open to subscriptions.GAM…
Global hedge fund vacancies posted on Hedgeweek.com
Senior CDO StructurerTop US investment bank requires a senior CDO structurer to work in the New York based team.The team is expanding…
15 Mar 2005
Thames River Capital launches Property Growth & Income Fund
Thames River Capital is set to launch the Thames River Property Growth & Income Fund (TRPGIF) on 23 March, subject to the relevant…
Finance industry promotes Jersey as base for high value business
A new campaign highlighting the benefits of using Jersey for niche market funds and family offices is aiming to bring further specialist…
