Offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has opened Conyers Dill e Pearman (Brazil) Servicos de Consultoria in São Paulo, paving the way for the firm to provide offshore legal s
BlueBay Asset Management has announced that it plans to wind down the BlueBay Emerging Market Total Return Fund, which has lost more than half of its value this year, and the resignation o
Westchester Capital Management (WCM) has launched the WCM Alternatives: Event-Driven Fund (WCEIX), a multi-strategy, absolute return mutual fund. The fund is designed to profit from discrete events, including mergers, acquisitions, asset sales or divestitures, restructurings, re-financings, recapitalisations, reorganisations or other
SRM Advisers, the Monaco-based hedge fund management firm run by the former star UBS proprietary trader Jon Wood, is suing the Wall Street Journal for publishing what it says was confident
Morgan Stanley Credit Partners, the first dedicated corporate mezzanine fund from Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), has held its final closing with USD956 million in capital commitments. “This successful fund raise demonstrates the strength of the Morgan Stanley Credit Partners’
Newedge has announced the 2014 constituents for the CTA, Trend, and Short-Term Traders Indices. Newedge CTA Index (* new for 2014) Aquila Capital (AC Risk Parity 12) * Aspect Capital (Diversified) Boronia Capital (Diversified) Brevan Howard Systematic Trading (B)
Having looked after private equity business in Guernsey for over two decades, Northern Trust has ‘exported’ its capability to Jersey. The decision to establish a private equity fund administration team in Jersey in the first quarter of 2008 stemmed from
Financial service providers in the Channel Islands are feeling the downdraft of the economic crisis as overall levels of assets under management or administration stagnate or decline slightly, but
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Indices enjoyed a decent finish to 2013, up 1.15 per cent in December and closing the year up 7.0 per cent. 2013, the year of monetary policy players, crowned one winning bet: Long Equity in developed
Gartmore Group, which put itself up for sale late last year following the departure of several senior fund executives, is set to be acquired by Henderson Group plc, parent company of Henderson Global Investors (Henderson). Henderson yesterday announced its offer
