Gottex Fund Management has reported good performance from its UCITS Multi-Asset Balanced Fund in 2014, up 6.0% for the year. Both of the company’s Asian equity funds saw significant gains too, with the Gottex-Penjing Asian equity strategy up 7.7% in
ICSA, the Institute for professionals working in governance and compliance, is holding an introduction to their new Level 4 International Finance and Administration (IFA) qualifications on 29 January n Jersey. The event, at the Royal Yacht Hotel, Weighbridge, St Helier,
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commenced civil proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland against three subsidiary companies of the formerly listed MFS (now known as Octaviar) and four former officers and one manager of MFS Investment Management.
International Financial Centre law firm Walkers has made a series of senior management changes within the firm’s global group. With the forthcoming retirement of Global Chairman Wayne Panton, who has been an attorney with Walkers since 1988 and a
Eze Castle Integration has promoted Dean Hill to the position of executive director with responsibility for overseeing the company’s UK operations and international sales efforts. Hill, who was formerly director of sales, EMEA, has nearly two decades of sales and
Preqin has launched its 2015 Preqin Global Alternatives Reports, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this
ALTIN, the USD250 million multi-strategy fund of hedge funds listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, has appointed Cantor Fitzgerald as the company’s sole financial adviser and corporate broker in the UK. The ALTIN share price was up +8.60%
Tradar, a provider of portfolio management and accounting solutions to the alternative investment management industry, has appointed Arti Hatzirodos as managing director of its Asian business. She will be based at Tradar’s Hong Kong offices. Before joining Tradar, Hatzirodos was
Total hedge fund assets fell 0.61% in December to end 2014 with total assets of USD3.041 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest hedge fund asset flows monthly report. Redemptions were elevated during the month, a trend which has persisted in December
SYZ Asset Management has merged its SYZ AM (Lux) Absolute Return Institutional funds with its UCITS UK-registered OYSTER Absolute Return funds. This move makes this proven strategy available to a wider investment public, particularly thanks to the launch of a
