Eurex Clearing has successfully wound down its clearing member MF Global UK Limited (MF Global). MF Global entered Special Administration Regime on Monday evening, 31 October 2011, as confirmed by the responsible UK regulatory body, the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Jersey is the only offshore centre to place in the top 20 of global finance centres in an industry listing. Jersey took 18th position in the listing of global financial index centres published in March. The listing is produced every
By James Williams – Athos Capital is a new merger arbitrage hedge fund founded by portfolio manager Matt Moskey, trader Erik Senko and former COO of Black’s Link Capital, Fred Schulte-Hillen. Moskey and Senko previously ran an Asian product under
C.P. Eaton Partners has launched a platform to enable all of its current and future general partners access to RMB capital sources within mainland China. In conjunction, C.P. Eaton has hired Eric Gu as vice president to lead the effort
Drake Capital Management is finally throwing in the towel on its loss-making hedge funds.
Polar Capital’s healthcare investment team believes AstraZeneca’s results are evidence of the growing importance of emerging markets in the healthcare sector. AstraZeneca reported year-on-year growth of 19 per cent in emerging markets, and Polar Capital says this growth opportunity will
With more investors increasing allocations to private equity and other alternative asset classes, largely at the expense of traditional hedge fund offerings, alternative fund managers are examining their strategic priorities and focusing on how to develop products and prepare their
SEB is growing second fastest in Europe among prime brokerage for hedge funds, according to EuroHedge’s recently released European Prime Brokerage survey for 2009. Representing a snapshot of the hedge fund market, the EuroHedge survey places SEB as one of
F&C Asset Management has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the Thames River Capital for consideration of up to GBP53.6m. The figure comprises initial consideration of GBP33.6m and conditional consideration of up to a further GBP20m payable in cash,
Isle of Man fund administrator Portal, a joint venture between insurance manager Thomas Miller and Boston, a multi-family office and wealth management firm based on the island, says it is
