Finisterre Capital, the long/short emerging market total return specialist, has appointed Ivailo Vesselinov as an Economist. He will report to Christopher Watson, Head of Research at Finisterre Capital. Vesselinov was previously at Credit Suisse in London, where he was a
Threadneedle Asset Management has appointed David Donora as an executive director with responsibility for setting up a commodities team and launching a commodities hedge fund in the autumn
Jersey’s funds industry is set to benefit from the introduction of new legislation this year which will offer more choice for fund promoters in how they structure their investment vehic
Cayman Islands-based fund management group Managing Partners, which specialises in managing portfolios of traded life policies, is offering a 3 per cent extra allocation on all new investm
Yesterday, a former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager opened her own firm with nearly USD1bn in assets.
Cheyne Capital Management (UK) has appointed Chris Goekjian as partner and chief investment officer reporting to Jonathan Lourie, chief executive.
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is introducing Asian foreign exchange (FX) futures for deliverable and non-deliverable Asian currencies from 11 November 2013. Futures contracts for six currency pairs, AUD/USD, AUD/JPY, USD/SGD, INR/USD, KRW/USD and KRW/JPY, will be launched initially. SGX’s introduction
The Carlyle Group has completed its acquisition of Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM), a global manager of hedge funds with more than USD6.7bn in managed and advised assets. Equity for the transaction came from Carlyle’s balance sheet. The transaction was
The latest Preqin hedge fund investor study has revealed that just under one-third of investors plan to make a commitment to the asset class in the coming 12 months, investing up to a combined USD195bn. Of these investors, 47% are
Lighthouse Prime Services, a division of Lighthouse Financial Group, has announced that Steven M. Simmons, Garrett Nenner and Lynn Matteo have joined the firm.
