A court hearing to determine whether a consortium of three private equity firms should be allowed to complete their planned acquisition of oil services company Expro was adjourned on Monda
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has announced the results of the 2014/2015 board of director’s election. HFA members in the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America and the Cayman Islands elected 15 leaders to work on behalf of the global
KKR & Co has acquired a 24.9 per cent interest in BlackGold Capital Management, a credit-oriented hedge fund specialising in energy and hard asset investments. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Established in 2006 by co-founders
SEI has been selected by Asset Value Investors (AVI) to provide full fund administration and trustee and custodial services for the investment manager’s new Irish Qualified Investment Funds (QIFs). AVI, a London-based global manager, launched the QIFs to offer
Kinetic Partners has launched its AIFMD Hedge Fund DD checklist, which is designed to assist managers undertake the necessary due diligence over their depositary providers. Kinetic Partners, the global professional services firm, is working with a range of alternative investment
Three quarters (73 per cent) of hedge fund managers say competition in fundraising has increased in the past 12 months, according to a survey by Preqin. However, 64 per cent of fund managers that run pooled products noted that their
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved for publication in the Federal Register a proposal to amend requirements for minimum adjusted net capital for futures commission me
Markit, a provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and over-the-counter derivatives trade processing, has announced it is working with leading institutions to facilitate the dist
Fidessa group, provider of the Fidessa and Fidessa LatentZero trading, market data and global connectivity solutions, has announced the delivery of data from the London Stock Exchange with
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved the application of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for temporary registration as a swap execution facility (SEF). CME SEF is an operating division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc, a Delaware corporation
