Florian de Sigy, former head of structured equity sales for Europe at Deutsche Bank, and Javier Rodriguez, previously senior strategist and head of strategic accounts at Barclays Global Investors’ client solutions group, have founded Gamma Finance. »

Paddock Fund Administration has gone live with IGEFI Group’s MultiFonds fund accounting platform. »

Earth Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on renewable energy, has hired a sustainable agriculture and forestry investment team from IBIS Capital Management and EMP Global. »

Yves Perrier, chief executive of asset management firm Amundi, has revealed the new corporate governance structure of the company. »

The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has granted protection over the US assets of a Cayman Islands exempted company in liquidation. »

The economic downturn of 2009 severely impacted the US fundraising industry, with the amount of time taken to raise a fund increasing to an average of 18 months, twice as long as in 2005, according to a report by C.P. Eaton. »

Luxembourg Financial Group, a structured products boutique and asset manager, has appointed Gareth James as head of hedge fund solutions. »

Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for the structuring, valuation and risk analysis of derivatives and structured products, is to provide pricing models and risk analytics for Thomson Reuters’ Kondor+ Suite and TopOffice solutions. »

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two California investment advisory firms for engaging in improper short selling of securities in advance of their participation in a company's secondary offering.  »

Investment funds across the EU who are challenging unlawful application of withholding taxes levied on dividends can expect refunds of millions of euros following Norway's decision to refund withholding taxes to a Luxembourg Sicav, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. »