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Close Brothers acquires Cayman fund business from Scotiabank

Close Brothers is to acquire three business lines, including fund administration, from Scotiabank's operations in the Cayman Islands, continuing the expansion of Close Brother (Cayman) tha »


Landsbanki adopts SuperDerivatives multi-asset platform to expand options business

Landsbanki, Iceland's second largest bank, is deploying the real-time multi-asset pricing and analytics platform from SuperDerivatives, which provides derivatives solutions for multi-asset »


Keeping the BVI fund industry competitive

The hedge fund industry in the British Virgin Islands has enjoyed steady if not spectacular growth over the past few years, with the number of new funds domiciled in the jurisdiction showing a stro »


SGAM Alternative Investments to offer hedge fund advice to institutions

SGAM Alternative Investments has announced that its New York-based affiliate, SG Asset Management Inc, will offer customised alternative investment portfolio advisory services to instituti »


Macek named interim chief executive of Turquoise clearing platform

Richard R Macek, a senior executive of the US Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, has been chosen as the interim chief executive for EuroCCP, the clearing and settlement platform »


HSBC Special Opportunities Fund offers institutional euro share class

The HSBC Special Opportunities Fund is adding a euro-denominated institutional share class to increase its appeal to institutional investors as a supplement to the existing US dollar, euro »


BidRoute to launch best execution online auction tool for portfolio trading

BidRoute is set to be launched later this month by three prominent investment industry practitioners as a price discovery tool that enables best execution for investment managers by demons »


IG Index - Share spread cut

Daily spreads at 0.1% for major* shares UK, US, Australia, Canada, Eurozone, Japan… »


Taking the fund administration sector to a new level

The acquisition by Fortis Prime Fund Solutions last year of Hedge Fund Services, the leading hedge fund administrator in the British Virgin Islands, has provided the islands' fund services industry »


Time to move on? Post your CVs on hedgemedia.com

Hedgemedia.com has launched the world's largest portal for jobs in the alternative investments sector - hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds - at »


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