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Lakeview Investment Manager appoints Tony Lissuzzo as portfolio manager

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:07

Lakeview Investment Manager, an activist fund of hedge funds, has appointed Tony Lissuzzo as portfolio manager of the Lakeview Opportunity Funds. »

Newedge welcomes EU derivative reform

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 11:10

Newedge Group, a provider of multi-asset brokerage and clearing, says it supports the European Commission’s legislative proposals to reform the over-the-counter derivatives market. »

Harcourt AUM increases to USD4.7bn in first half of 2010

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 10:32

Harcourt Investment Consulting, the Switzerland-based alternative investment solutions provider, says assets under management as of 30 June 2010 have reached USD4.7bn, corresponding to a growth of USD200m for the first half of 2010. »

Twelve Capital spins off from Horizon21

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 10:17

Twelve Capital, an investment manager focusing on insurance related investment opportunities, has completed its spin-off from alternative investments manager Horizon21. »

Larry Leibowitz, chief operating officer of NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext completes migration of NYSE and NYSE Amex to US data centre

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 05:57

NYSE Euronext’s US data centre in Mahwah, New Jersey, has completed the migration of more than 4,500 equities issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Amex. »

Luxembourg reaches out to sophisticated Ucits

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:11

Traditionally Luxembourg hedge funds and funds of hedge funds have been set up under part II of the law of December 20, 2002 on UCIs and, more recently, Specialised Investment Funds governed »

In the front line of funds best practice

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:08

Ifina’s organisation in June of a networking evening at BVI House in London, featuring speakers representing the global hedge fund industry and the funds sectors in the British Virgin I »

Demetrios Anaipakos, partner, Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos

Ernst & Young facing securities fraud lawsuit over failed hedge fund

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:02

Attorneys from Houston's Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos are representing a group of investors in a lawsuit filed against hedge fund auditors Ernst & Young after the group lost more than USD17m following the collapse of a Plano, Texas-based hedge fund that promised low-risk investments. »

A new statute for regulation of BVI funds

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:01

On May 17, 2010, the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 (SIBA) came into force in the British Virgin Islands. »

The continuing evolution of Ucits in Ireland

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 11:52

Market commentary and discussion on the merits and limitations of alternative Ucits funds continue to generate considerable interest for hedge fund managers and their investors. »

How the ‘ultimate fund’ was created

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 11:48

Today alternative Ucits III structures are very much in vogue, but the SEB Asset Selection Fund traces its origins back more than five years, to a train journey to northern Sweden in March 2005. »

Are you ready to capitalise on convergence?

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 11:45

Due to the combination of bruising market losses, high correlation among asset classes, unexpected illiquidity and epic scandals, the investment management industry faces a restless, empowered investor base. »

European regulation holds key to future alternatives landscape

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 11:28

Nearly two years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers brought home to the global financial industry the seriousness of the crisis that unfolded from the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market, the shape of the regulatory environment drawn up as a response to the past three years of turbulence is now taking shape, for better or worse. A major step came on July 21 with the signing into US law of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. »