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Stenham Asset Management has expanded its investment team with the acquisition of Montier Partners, a discretionary investment management provider. »

Gad Capital, an investment fund and beneficial owner of 6.5 per cent of the common stock of Paragon Technologies, has launched a proxy contest to elect a new board of directors at Paragon's 15 December 2010 annual meeting. »

UK asset management firm City Financial has launched the City Financial Asian Absolute Growth Fund, its first foray into the Asian fund of funds market and its first fund primarily targeted at institutional investors.   »

Nigel Strachan (pictured), head of business development at Kleinwort Benson’s corporate services business in Jersey and the new chairman of the Jersey Funds Association, sees new opportunities for mezzanine finance to pick up the slack where leverage from traditional sources is thin on the ground. »

Credit Suisse and UBS have been named the 2010 Greenwich share leaders in European equity trading, with each firm boasting a market share in excess of 11 per cent of overall institutional trading volume in European stocks. »

This week’s spotlight is on Frankfurt-based Tungsten Capital Management and their market neutral absolute return PRO ART ERV Fund. »

Signet, the London and Swiss-based fund of hedge funds management and advisory group, is preparing to launch the Signe »

BGC Partners, an intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, has completed its first fully electronic Euro interest rate swap transactions over its hybrid voice and electronic execution platform, BGC Trader IRS, which went live on 1 September. »

KPMG has appointed James Dimech DeBono as an associate partner in its financial risk management practice. »