Alternative multi-manager Ermitage Group, which runs USD2.8bn in assets, has launched a niche fund of hedge funds to capitalise on the growing interest and public awareness surrounding env
Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has acquired the Asia-Pacific investment manager Treasury Asia Asset Management Limited (TAAM). TAAM’s Singapore and Sydney-based team of eight highly experienced and successful investment professionals significantly enhances Nikko AM’s ability to provide institutional-quality Asian equity
Standard & Poor’s Fund Services, a provider of qualitative fund management ratings, has launched the latest edition of its Funds of Hedge Funds Directory, a bi-annual review of the sec
In January 2012, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.2 million contracts (Jan 2011: 10.4 million). Of those, 5.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (Jan 2011: 7.1 million), and 2.7 million contracts were
Russian bank Gazprombank has appointed Rustam Mursalimov as an equity portfolio manager at Gazprombank Asset Management. He holds the position of director and took up the role on 19 July. Before joining Gazprombank, Mursalimov was an equity portfolio
New York-based macro hedge fund manager Atreaus Capital is now live with SunGard’s Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service. Delivered as a managed service, the Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service provides highly customised daily risk reports, offering transparency to investors and integrated internal
Shiv Srinivasan has joined the Abu Dhabi Investment Council this month as its new chief investment officer for active investment strategies, comprising hedge fund investing.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order against JPMorgan Chase Bank bringing and settling charges for employing a manipulative device in the trading of credit default swaps (CDS). The CDS trading was in violation of the
Cor Financial’s Salerio has published a whitepaper examining how automation in appropriate business critical areas of hedge funds operations can deliver meaningful commercial advantages. Operational due diligence (ODD) is an increasingly important element in the decision making process of institutional
Gallatin Capital, a New York City based boutique investment bank, has promoted Jennifer Tamis to the position of partner.
