By Shay Lydon (pictured) and Phil Lovegrove – The financial crisis has precipitated a series of corporate governance reforms at both EU and national level. In April 2011, the European Commission published its Green Paper on Corporate Governance, and further
Denver-based Alps Fund Services has acquired Price Meadows, a hedge fund administrator based in Bellevue, Washington with more than USD6bn in assets under administration.
In today’s ever competitive and fast paced environment, service providers need to face up to the challenge of rising operational standards that have been triggered by the inflow of institutional in
By James Williams – Now that the AIFM Directive has been codified and formally unveiled across the European Union the next stage is seeing how effective individual Member States will be at embracing it. How will they cope with the
Evanston Capital Management has launched the Evanston Alternative Opportunities Fund, a closed-end, non-exchange listed, management investment company registered under Investment Company Act of 1940. The fund commenced operations on 1 July. The fund is available to US accredited investors, including
New Star Asset Management has announced that following the close of a third public offering, the total size of Hedge ETS, which provides investors with exposure to the RBC Hedge 250 Index,
Kerry Duffain has joined alternative asset manager BlueCrest Capital Management as head of the firm’s UK institutional business.
Event driven was the strongest of the four hedge fund strategies published by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes in May, gaining 1.32 per cent for the month.
BTC.sx, the world’s first bitcoin derivative trading platform, has brokered over USD35m in trades since its foundation and is preparing for more growth as its user base passes 3,300 active users. BTC.sx provides an intuitive FX style trading platform enabling
In preparation for its launch this month, mCapital, the investment management company set up by Mark Devonshire, the former co-head of the Principal Credit Group, has strengthened its m
