Lyxor Asset Management has partnered with Capricorn Capital Partners to launch the Lyxor / Capricorn GEM Strategy Fund, a new UCITS-compliant long/short global emerging market equity strategy. The fund, which expands Lyxor’s Alternative UCITS offering, seeks to achieve capital appreciation
Franklin Square has hired Berta Aldrich to serve as the firm's Chief Marketing Office (CMO). Aldrich joins the firm after spending the last 10 years with Vanguard, where she held executive positions in marketing strategy and planning, loyalty operations and
UBS Securities (UBS) has extended its broad usage of Orc’s Electronic Execution solution to facilitate DMA on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Using the extended solution, UBS leverages Orc’s low-latency market access and a
Two exchanges formerly owned by Direct Edge Holdings and since acquired by BATS Global Markets are to pay a USD14 million penalty to settle SEC charges that their rules failed to accurately describe the order types being used on the
Moss Securities has launched The Moss Securities South American Hedge Fund which invests in key assets and products produced in South America. Driven primarily by the promising long term growth of the Brazilian economy, the funds asset mix is
Ahead of the 31 January 2015 deadline for Annex IV reporting, Peter Cripwell (pictured), CEO of RiskSystem, gives his views on the issues it’s having on the industry… With the implementation of Annex IV fast approaching, there are worries that
Amundi Alternative Investments (Amundi AI) has awarded, through its Managed Account Platform, a EUR50 million mandate to FrontFour Capital Group LLC to actively trade, under AIFM compliant format, an event-driven strategy concentrated on North American situations. The event driven strategy,
State Street Corporation, a provider of financial services to institutional investors, has added custody, cash management and foreign exchange services to its suite of front-, middle- and back-office administration services for hedge funds. The expanded service offerings are in response
DW Investment Management (DWIM), a USD6bn global multi-strategy credit management firm, has appointed Joel Biran and John Buck, former managing directors at Versa Capital, to the firm's distressed corporate team. Biran and Buck represent senior additions to DWIM's existing team
Aequitas Capital Partners has partnered with Circle Squared Alternative Investments to provide training and education to Registered Investment Advisers via the ACP Alts Academy. The academy will will provide the advisor community with educational seminars focusing on alternative investments, strategies,
