CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy will appear before the US House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, Wednesday, 25 March, to discuss reauthorising the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). "The one overriding issue that is
Jersey has an opportunity to diversify its alternative funds capabilities and a growing role to play as a European domicile supporting US fund managers, according to panellists at this year’s Jersey Finance Annual London Fund Conference. Discussing global opportunities for
Vontobel Asset Management is to acquire a 60 per cent stake in TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (TwentyFour), an independent fixed income specialist based in London. The transaction strengthens Vontobel’s presence in the UK market, extends its fixed income product offering
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group is to acquire a majority stake in assets services firm Conifer Financial Services. Senior management of Conifer will continue to lead the business and own a significant minority interest in the company. The transaction,
C&A Consulting has launched Managed Technology Services (MTS) to provide managed outsourced technology infrastructure services to emerging and established hedge funds and financial services firms. “At C&A we have proven experience in finance, operations, compliance and technology,” says Noland Cheng,
Macquarie Funds Group, the asset management arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed Pratap Dasgupta as a managing director in its fund-linked derivatives business, based in New York. The hiring of Dasgupta follows the recent appointment of Mike Vitelli and together
Alternative Fund Consulting, an executive level advisory firm specialising in hedge fund product and organisational best practices has appointed industry veteran Steven J Fellin (pictured), CFA as Partner focused on clients' financial, accounting, and overall business management success. The firm's
IndexIQ has expanded its family of liquid alternative exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the launch of the IQ Hedge Long/Short Tracker ETF (QLS) and the IQ Hedge Event-Driven Tracker ETF (QED). The additon of the new funds, which join the IQ Hedge Macro
Eze Castle Integration has received the UK Government Cyber Essential Certification following a review of the company’s security controls by certification-body Indelible Data. Cyber Essentials has been developed as part of the UK’s National Cyber Security Programme and aims to
By Donald A Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners – It is no secret that the hedge fund industry is viewed negatively by a large portion of the general public, but should it be? Such a perception is
