North Asset Management, a London-based alternative investment management firm, has recruited Gerard Gardner as a partner from Goldman Sachs International in London, where he was developing
JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services’ (WSS) tri-party offering for Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc’s (CME) IEF4 program will begin supporting corporate bonds. The change comes in conjunction with CME Clearing’s decision to expand eligible collateral to include corporate bonds and extends
PFPC, a member of the Wilmington, Delaware-based PNC Financial Services Group, has announced plans to launch fund administration and hedge fund services in Poland this month, following the
Charles River Development and Axioma have formed a strategic partnership which will see Axioma’s risk and portfolio analytics integrated into the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS), a front and middle office platform used by more than 300
Mortgage-backed securities manager Structured Portfolio Management has recruited Charles Smart as senior vice-president for trading and portfolio management, responsible for developing mor
Matrix has drawn up plans to mirror its open-ended funds of hedge funds with closed-ended versions whose gains qualify for capital gains tax in the UK.
The Office of General Counsel of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced it has issued a no-action letter permitting the offer and sale in the US of eight Eurex futures c
A new State of Our Union 2019 research report by Jefferies Prime Services has found that next generation research and development processes are flourishing, as managers revisit their approach to research in order to stay current on emerging themes and
The board of directors of Swiss alternative investment company ALTIN has decided to implement the capital reduction programme announced in March 2013 through the issuance of free, tradable put options. The put options will be assigned to all shareholders
Hedge funds recovered much of the ground from their losses the previous month with a 2 per cent average gain in April, according to Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors and
