Asset manager GLG Partners has appointed Raffaele Costa as the co-head of marketing. »

Stride Capital Group has launched a partnership that will focus on providing capital and expertise to talented emerging hedge fund managers. »

Merchant Capital’s Ucits III platform for hedge fund managers has appointed Kinetic Partners to manage risk management systems across the entire platform. »

Ozannes and Mourant du Feu & Jeune, two law firms in the Channel Islands, are planning to merge. »

BNY Mellon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PNC's global investment servicing business, a provider of custody, fund accounting, transfer agency and outsourcing solutions for asset managers and financial advisers. »

Gain Capital, a provider of online trading services, has opened an office in Hong Kong, further extending its presence in the Asia Pacific region alongside offices in Tokyo and Seoul. »

The electronic trading revolution that brought the buy-side desk from telephones and working order to algorithms and smart order routing is effectively in place, says Tabb Group in an industry benchmark research study.  »

Based on the January performance for the Credit Suisse Long/Short Liquid Index, long/short equity funds posted negative returns in January but outperformed global equity indices. »

The Cumulus team at PCE Investors has reported a 2009 full year return of 68.58 per cent for the Cumulus Energy Fund. »

Managing Partners, an investment company that manages funds investing in life settlements, says it is encountering a groundswell of investor interest in Asia after becoming the first company to have a life settlement fund authorised for distribution to institutions in South Korea. »