Offshore law firm Walkers has expanded its new Singapore office with the transfer of senior funds attorney Laura Rogers from its Hong Kong office.
Harcourt, a subsidiary of Vontobel Asset Management, has appointed Jan Viebig and Georg Wessling to further expand and strengthen its expertise in alternative investments. Viebig takes up the position of Head of Alternative Investments. Wessling will act as Deputy
“We are focused on global equity because that tends to be the first thing Asian investors consider when diversifying away from domestic equity,” explains Yu-Ming Wang (pictured), global head of investment at Nikko Asset Management. This week in London, Nikko
Omgeo has partnered with TriOptima and AcadiaSoft to extend straight-through processing (STP) for users of Omgeo ProtoColl, its automated collateral and margin management solution. In response to global regulations that require firms to reconcile OTC positions on a regular basis,
Neuberger Berman Group has expanded its global consultant relations team with the appointment of four senior professionals. The new recruits are: Rhoni Wiswall, managing director, US West Coast coverage. Wiswall previously served as head of consultant relations at Crestline
Financial information services provider Markit has announced the launch of the Markit iTraxx Europe Financial Total Return indices, which it has licensed to Deutsche Bank as the underlying
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the auditor of Bernard Madoff’s broker-dealer firm with committing securities fraud by representing that they had conducted legitim
The exodus of former Walkers and Maples and Calder partners to burgeoning boutique law firm Thorp Alberga continues. Linda Martin, Anne Todd and Matthew Stocker, have joined five of their former colleagues to practice Cayman Islands and BVI law from
Investors pulled back on investing in hedge funds in the volatile first quarter of this year with a net inflow of just USD16.5bn in new capital coming into the industry, according to Chica
New York-based private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has made an investment in HedgeServ, a hedge fund administration company founded by James Kelly and Gene Mannella.
