SkyBridge Capital, an alternative investment firm that is acquiring the fund of hedge funds, hedge fund seeding and hedge fund advisory businesses from Citi Alternative Investments, has opened an office in Zürich. SkyBridge Capital will base its European operations in
Investors’ views about the US are very positive with 65 per cent saying they would buy US equities this year versus 21 per cent Europe and 14 per cent Japan, according to a poll by Schroders. At a recent Schroders
Dun & Bradstreet and Quantexa have announced a new partnership that aims to empower businesses to make better, context driven decisions using innovative data and analytics to provide a detailed picture of connected relationships. Global commercial data & analytics firm
Data Explorers has published a research report which shows that US domiciled securities lenders are overwhelmingly focussed on cash as collateral, whilst many other jurisdictions have a propensity to accept non-cash collateral. The report argues the predominance of non-cash, in
Fortis Prime Fund Solutions (FPFS) has been appointed administrator to the Farema Fund, a new fund launched by industry veteran Emanuele Antonaci. FPFS will provide the full suite of fund accounting services to Farema, as well as investor and
Nicola Marinelli (pictured), portfolio manager at Glendevon King Asset Management, on the ECB’s decision to cut interest rates, the ongoing difficulties in Greece and potential problems in Italy…
 Exactly when the major equity markets were expected to officially enter a
Cairn Capital, the London based credit asset management and advisory firm, has assumed management of the Credaris Credit Fund, which pursues a liquid long-short strategy in European corporate credit. Cairn and Credaris, the credit-specialist asset manager, have agreed that the
Analyst Hub, an independent research infrastructure platform company that provides talented sell-side analysts a path to owning their own enterprises, has added FFTT (Forest for the Trees) a boutique research and investment strategy firm that produces unique macroeconomic and thematic
Joachim Gottschalk, chairman and chief executive of Gottex Fund Management, will tell shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting today that its core market neutral and portable alpha strategies outperformed their relevant indices and benchmarks by substantial margins in 2009.
Alternative investment advisory firm Central Park Group, which provides private clients and smaller institutional investors with access to hedge funds, private equity, real estate and fund
