ABN AMRO Clearing has recruited Noel Singh for the new role of FX product manager, responsible for developing international expansion opportunities for the firm’s currency offering. He will also focus on strengthening internal processes, procedures and risk controls. Singh
State Street has announced the establishment of State Street Alternative Investment Solutions, which combines its hedge fund, private equity and alternative risk servicing capabilities to
The robust global performance of managed futures funds is now attracting the attention of Australian investors looking to strengthen portfolios during times of extreme global market volati
BI-SAM has appointed Jonathan Schapiro as global head of cloud solutions. In this role, Schapiro will be responsible for further developing and strengthening BI-SAM's private cloud service offering, which delivers performance and reporting tools to the global investment management industry.
NYSE Technologies and Americas Trading Group (ATG) have launched their high-performance order routing and market-data platform offering the global trading community low-latency access to the key trading venues in Latin America. Leveraging NYSE Technologies’ Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI), the
Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has launched a core global tactical asset allocation fund that invests in stocks, bonds and volatility as an asset class. The Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund offers the potential benefit of greater diversification by integrating equity
Alternative UCITS gained 1.18 per cent in October to leave them up +3.20 per cent for 2013 according to the UCITS Alternative Index Global managed by Geneva-based Alix Capital. One of the key reasons that helped contribute to October’s gains
Brooks Macdonald Funds Ltd (BMF) this week announced the imminent launch of the IFSL North Row Liquid Property Fund, believed to be the UK’s first actively managed UCITS core property fund. The fund is expected to launch in February and
BGC Partners intends to commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of GFI Group for USD5.25 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD675 million. BGC currently owns approximately 13.5 per cent of
Are investors happy with all aspects of the current regulatory arrangements for the alternative investment industry? As usual, some are and some are not.
