Emerging markets specialist Fund Management Group (FMG) has launched a UCITS-compliant version of the Rising 6 Fund, designed to provide investors with exposure to China, Russia, Brazil, Ind
Maxim Group, an investment banking, securities and wealth management firm, has appointed Gregory Simons as a managing director and head of electronic trading. Simons brings over two decades of institutional sales and trading experience in both high touch execution and
Carmignac Group has appointed Obe Ejikeme as a quantitative equity analyst in the firm’s fund management team. Ejikeme spent seven years as a research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was head of European equity and quantitative
Man Group has reported a positive first half to the year with funds under management, gross sales and net inflows all showing increases during the period. Funds under management (FUM) are up seven per cent to USD57.7 billion (31 December
Twelve Capital has opened an office in London having received authorisation from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate as a MiFID investment firm. Within four years of operation in Zurich and supported by strong performance generation, Twelve Capital
The number of exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) worldwide increased by three per cent in 2013 to 22 billion contracts, according to statistics compiled by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). The WFE, which annually conducts a survey on derivative markets, found
The first half of 2014 saw a new milestone reached in the alternative UCITS sector with assets under management (AUM) growing by 15.6 per cent to EUR184.2 billion, according to the Alceda Half Yearly UCITS Review. However, alternative UCITS strategies
Market regulation is starting to impact the way prime brokers do business with their hedge fund clients. The need to store away more capital and strengthen their balance sheets under Basel III regulations and other requirements imposed by central banks
By Kavitha Ramachandran, Maitland Group – The EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has essentially created a vast ‘Fortress Europe’. As of 22 July this year, managers of alternative investment funds must become authorised under the Directive as ‘AIFMs’ (Alternative
Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) has expanded its Total Return fund range with the launch of PTR-Agora, an equity market neutral fund with a long/short investment approach. The fund managers aim to identify catalysts that will have an impact on
