Schroders has launched two absolute return currency funds – Schroder ISF Absolute Return Currency EUR and Schroder ISF Absolute Return Currency USD. Both are UCITS III compliant with daily liquidity, and aim to offer both institutional and retail investors vehicles
JP Morgan is the only tri-party collateral manager to accept physical gold as collateral to satisfy securities lending and repo obligations with counterparties. This comes as more clients look to use gold as a hedge against inflation and to post
The Shamrock Activist Value Fund has sent a letter to Texas Industries giving notice of its intent to nominate three candidates for election to its board of directors.
The asset management division of Merchant Capital is teaming up with institutional currency trading electronic communication network (ECN) Hotspot FX, to launch a FX proprietary trading package this month, Merchant Capital FX . Merchant Capital FX will provide proprietary
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFM Directive) is hugely complex. Many have reservations on this contentious European initiative, a final draft of which was passed by the European Parliament on 11th November 2010. The Directive is an attempt to
Viteos Fund Services, a global hedge fund administrator and middle office outsourcing operations service provider, has launched the Viteos Managed Account Platform.
Algorithmics, a provider of risk solutions, has been awarded a patent for its operational risk capital modeling framework. The patent recognises Algorithmics’ investment in its operational risk solutions at a time when operational risk management is receiving considerable regulatory attention.
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index finished up 4.1 per cent in May, with nine out of ten sub-strategies posting positive returns.
US Bancorp Fund Services LLC has named Michael Secondo senior vice president and alternative investment business development officer. Secondo specialises in alternative investment administration and custody services and works at the company’s New York City office. “We are excited Michael
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association has welcomed the Class of March 2009, a group of 650 new members who received the CAIA designation during the most recent examin
