NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has launched a standard cash-settled futures contract based on the CAC 40 Dividend Index. »

Standard Life Investments has made its global absolute returns strategies solution available to institutional and wholesale investors in Australia. »

In under a year the db x-trackers db Hedge Fund Index ETF has reached more than USD1bn in assets under management. »

Russell Investments has selected Nasdaq OMX as the primary source of real-time index values for Russell's global and ex-US indexes. »

Cube Capital, a London-based global alternative investment and advisory firm, has appointed Louise van der Vegt as director of marketing and business development. »

Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office, is to launch a new share class for the Iveagh Wealth Fund to enable charities to invest in the fund at a reduced charge. »

SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, has expanded its pan-European mid cap service. »

Sprott Asset Management has appointed Peter Loach as executive vice president of product development. »

Gartmore Group, a traditional equity and alternative asset management firm, has priced its initial public offering of ordinary shares at 220 pence per share. »

BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services has launched a service that independently validates a hedge fund’s position records to third parties and verifies the pricing of that fund’s securities.  »