AlphaShares has launched a new China Yuan Bond Index designed to track bonds that are denominated in China’s local currency the renmimbi or RMB. The AlphaShares China Yuan Bond Index measures and monitors the performance of an investable universe
Imagine Software has appointed Brendan Quinn as director of sales. Based in New York, Quinn will oversee sales for Imagine’s New York, London, Hong Kong and Sydney offices. Scott Sherman, one of Imagine’s founding partners and global head of
Alternative asset management firm Napier Park Global Capital has returned the last of the capital invested in the firm’s hedge funds by Citigroup. The staggered USD2.4 billion redemption schedule began in March 2013 when Napier Park completed its spinout from
After seeing its Kospi Index hit a high of 2228 on 2 May, South Korea’s stock market has plummeted this month, falling 17 per cent: this equates to a 19 pe
Saxo Bank has appointed Alessandro Bressan as global head of equity products. Saxo’s aim is to build product coverage across all main asset classes to meet the needs of both sophisticated individual investors and its growing institutional client base.
The Alternative Investment Management Association has said it supports the financial regulatory reform proposals put forward by the US Treasury.
IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has added Kevin D. DiSano and Andrew M.
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has appointed Andrea Argenti as country head for its business in Italy, effective December 2014. Argenti joins from BlackRock Investment Management where he spent the last 14 years and since 2006 was head of retail
Deloitte has strengthened its hedge fund practice with two key appointments for the UK and EMEA regions. Chris Farkas joins Deloitte as UK hedge fund leader. He was Deutsche Bank’s European head of hedge fund consulting in its prime brokerage
Global funds transaction network Calastone has been listed at number 42 in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100, published on 7 September. The Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table ranks Britain's 100 private tech (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing
