State Street has opened its new Irish headquarters in Dublin. By the end of this year, the new 165,000 square foot building, located at 78 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, will house more than 1,100 State Street employees across its global
Having the right people, processes and technology is fast becoming a prerequisite for hedge fund growth, according to a PwC paper published today. ‘Infrastructure: from cost to benefit – hedge funds 2.0’ examines the impact of the crisis on the
Maples Finance, a fund services provider, has expanded its European service offering in Luxembourg following the recent grant of its Registrar Agent licence by Luxembourg’s financial supervisory authority. Tom Davies, senior vice president and head of the Luxembourg office, says
Natixis Global Associates and Absolute Asia Asset Management have launched a multi-cap stock fund, the Absolute Asia Dynamic Equity Fund. The fund invests in the Asian equity markets (excluding Japan) and offers an opportunity for investors to participate in Asian
New hedge fund launches continued to rise in the first quarter of 2011, with both the 1Q and trailing four quarter launch totals reaching their highest levels since 2007, according to data released today by HFR, which has just released
Australian hedge funds fell by 1.50 per cent in January, bringing their return for the last 12 months to 15 per cent, according to Australian Fund Monitors. Equity based funds were down 1.83 per cent in January, while non-equity based
Dutch hedge funds on average lost -2,15% in June, as measured by the Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index. Losses were roughly in line with other liquid hedge fund indices (Deutsche Bank and Lyxor). June proved to be a difficult month for hedge fund
Insynergy Investment Management has teamed up with India’s largest asset management company, Reliance Capital Asset Management, to launch its Absolute India Fund. The news follows the launch last week of the Insynergy Absolute China Fund, which brings access to the
In a new EDHEC-Risk Institute position paper, “A Review of the G20 Meeting on Agriculture: Addressing Price Volatility in the Food Markets,” Hilary Till (pictured), Research Associate with EDHEC-Risk Institute, and Principal of Premia Capital Management, examines food price volatility
Investment manager East Lodge Capital Partners has selected Wells Fargo Global Fund Services to provide daily fund administration and an outsourced middle and back office operations solution. “Wells Fargo Global Fund Services is a renowned industry leader in administering credit
