Private equity fundraising in the first three months of 2009 dropped to its lowest level in more than five years – news that will be a surprise to few – while the number of buyout firms sc
ConceptONE has completed one of the first Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Annex IV transparency reports. The new regulatory report was submitted to the FCA in the industry's inaugural round of Annex IV filings using ConceptONE's RegERM platform. AIFMD presents
CBOE Holdings has sets its trading schedule for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) regular trading hours and VX futures extended trading hours in observance of the Thanksgiving
Matrix Alternative Asset Management has launched its third single-strategy hedge fund, the Matrix Asia Fund, with capital of USD20m.
Ratings agency Fitch has issued a two-pronged attack on European Absolute Return funds, branding them “prone to performance disappointment” and al
NYSE Technologies has opened its latest Liquidity Center installation located in Tokyo, Japan. With growth in Asian markets outpacing many others in the world, the NYSE Technologies Tokyo Liquidity Center offers customers the ability to access these markets with unparalleled
The Threadneedle UK Absolute Alpha Fund, co-managed by Mark Westwood and Chris Kinder, has delivered top quartile returns since its launch on 1 October 2010, and has now reached over USD100m in assets. The Threadneedle UK Absolute Alpha Fund is
Scoach, Frankfurt’s certificate exchange, has announced that securities issued by HSBC Trinkaus can now be traded on the open market on the same day.
UCITS attracted nearly EUR23billion in net sales for May, up slightly from EUR21billion in April.
Jim Rogers, the professional investor, has been appointed to the board of the farmland investment firm Genagro Ltd as a Non-Executive Director. The appointment is part of a reorganisation of the board following the sale of a majority controlling interest
