HedgeServ has appointed Farnaz Milani as Managing Director in the firm’s sales team. Milani will be responsible for building relationships with leading hedge fund managers, funds of hedge funds, private equity funds, and institutional investors. "Farnaz is a proven veteran
The Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec, the manager of the Desjardins family of mutual funds, has made changes to the investment objective of Desjardins Alternative Investments Fund, which has been re-named Desjardins Completion Investments Fund. Due to previously announced
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), in conjunction with Markit, is launching its new Loan/SERV Cash on Transfer service, which, coupled with Markit’s loan settlement platform, gives the global syndicated loan market its first delivery-versus-payment (DVP) platform for secondary
Hedge funds generated positive performance in July, gaining 0.69% for the month, according to the latest confirmed figures for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index. Oliver Schupp (pictured), President of Credit Suisse Index Co, LLC, says: "The Dow
Companies such as Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank and Nigerian Breweries have put Nigeria at the forefront of frontier market opportunities, according to Baring Asset Management. Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, recently rebased its GDP upwards to USD500 billion for 2013,
NYSE Liffe, the European based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has launched today 24 futures contracts on MSCI indices on its wholesale service Bclear. The 24 MSCI indices are widely used by asset managers as benchmarks of market performance in
Last week was a real rollercoaster for the fund management community. Following comments made by President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, in which he said that falling confidence in the bonds of Italy and Spain reflected that the
SL Investment Management, one of the largest life settlement product providers outside the US, is urging potential investors in life settlement funds to ask ten questions during their diligence processes to ensure a sound choice of investment manager. The FSA’s
JP Morgan’s global custody business, which operates in more than 100 markets, has improved over 2,100 traduce instruction deadlines for global custody clients in more than 80 markets, providing market-leading cut-off times in the majority of those markets. As a
Expansion and later-stage venture capital companies present unique valuation challenges for investors. Mark McMahon, a Director in the Portfolio Valuation group at international financial advisory investment banking firm Duff & Phelps, discusses what a robust Fair Value analysis should consider.
