JP Morgan has launched a full prime brokerage offering for clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The investment bank now has the local infrastructure in place to serve international and regional clients across the entire spectrum of both
Interview with Michael Stapleton – Ireland’s economic woes are well documented. Spiralling real estate prices and failing banks have created domestic economic contraction over the last three years, but the European Commission forecasts 3% growth in 2011. Factor in that
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index posted a gain of 0.52 per cent for February, reversing January losses and bringing year-to-date performance to a decline of 0.18 per cent. After two months of losses, macro funds posted the largest positive
By James Williams – Ireland has had a lot to contend with, economically, in recent times. Earlier this year the Irish Central Bank identified that an additional EUR24 billion was needed on top of the EUR46 billion bailout package to
Salus Alpha and stock analyst Roland Neuwirth have launched a special situations fund, called Salus Alpha RN Special Situations. Salus Alpha manages the fund and Neuwirth is the adviser. The fund targets absolute returns independent of market benchmarks adopting a
Interview with Rosemary Quinlan – HSBC Securities Services has been operating out of Dublin since 1979, during which time it has become one of the leading players in the funds space. Responding to challenges and having the speed and innovation
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has published the prospectus, including an indicative price range, relating to the planned initial public offering (IPO) of the ordinary shares of Euronext NV. The listing would establish the pan-European exchange group as an independent, publicly traded
Liontrust Asset Management is to acquire the fund management business of Occam Asset Management. The acquisition is in line with the firm’s publicly stated objective of expanding into the fast growing Asia and emerging markets asset classes to complement its
MCAM Group, a provider of outsourced business solutions for the alternative investment industry, has signed an agreement to manage all aspects of Fusion Asset Management’s product sales, CRM, public relations and marketing operations. Fusion is a hedge fund manager founded
Kinetic Partners, a global professional services firm to the asset management, investment banking and brokerage community, today announced that it has been named Best Regulatory Advisory firm in the US by readers of Hedgeweek, a leading online publication for hedge
