Fixed income specialist Coherence Capital Partners has appointed John Lovisolo as Member, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Prior to Coherence Capital, Lovisolo spent 10 years at Barclays, most recently as Managing Director and Co-head of Prime
PwC has appointed Lachlan Roos as its new UK hedge fund leader, taking over from Rob Mellor who is stepping down after leading the hedge fund practice for five years. Roos is a partner in the firm’s financial services tax
Morgan Creek Capital Management has appointed Michael Forstl as a Managing Director and Head of Intermediary Distribution. In his new role, Forstl will lead the firm's wealth management distribution efforts as well as designing new products that leverage Morgan
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have issued a joint report identifying areas where the agencies’ regulatory schemes differ and recommending actions to address those differences, where appropriate. In June, the White House released a
Para Advisors LLC a New York based event driven fund manager with a current AUM of USD350 million, will shortly launch the Para International UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform. The UCITS fund will be managed in the
Over half of infrastructure funds that closed in 2014 exceeded their fundraising target, up from 37% of funds in 2013. Andrew Moylan, Preqin’s Head of Real Assets Products, takes a look at infrastructure fundraising over the last 12 months: The
Ahead of the release of the IEA’s Oil Market Report on Friday, 16 January, Optima’s Graham Martin gives his assessment of the oil market for investors… With such a fall in oil prices investors tend to stay on the sidelines till
Corporate, fund and private client services provider JTC Group has marked its 27th consecutive year of growth with the launch of a refreshed global brand. The launch of JTC’s new look comes after another successful year, which saw the firm
Kelley Drye & Warren has appointed Michael A Adelstein as a partner in the firm's Corporate Practice in the New York office. Adelstein is one of the foremost lawyers in the field of alternative investments, representing hedge funds, placement agents,
Estlander & Partners has launched a new systematic fund – the E&P Commodity Fund – which is focused exclusively on the commodities sector. The fund began trading on 24 November 2014 with assets approaching USD30 million with backing from
