The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association has expressed support for global efforts to achieve a consensus on coherent regulation for hedge funds, but continues to emph
Fidessa LatentZero, a provider of front-office software to the buy-side, has integrated its order and execution management system, Minerva OEMS, with Bloomberg’s Trading System Order Ex
At a meeting on Sunday, European leaders took steps toward a common position on oversight of financial markets and products, including hedge funds, and threatened to take action against ‘u
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has announced the appointment of Tim Harvey as a director and head of cash equities trading in its
Aleksander Efrosman, the former hedge fund manager who went on the run after defrauding his clients of over USD5m, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Efrosman, the investment manager of Century Maxim Fund and AJR Capital, was extradited
Ingo Heinen (pictured) has joined BlackRock as Managing Director within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). Heinen joins the Alternative Investment Strategy Group (AISG), a team that works closely with the client coverage and portfolio management teams to develop, position and promote BlackRock’s
Adviser to hedge fund investors Hennessee Group has estimated that hedge fund industry assets decreased by USD782bn in 2008 to USD1.21trn, a 39 per cent decline that leaves industry assets
Eurex Clearing, part of the international derivatives exchange Eurex, is examining various formats for the introduction a central counterparty solution for products that are currently hand
Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary L.
Jersey Finance has welcomed the signing of a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Jersey and Hong Kong as another key step in growing business with the Far East. Signed by Jersey’s Chief Minister Senator Ian Gorst and Hong Kong’s Secretary
