Alternative asset manager GLG Partners has announced that Kaveh Sheibani and Julian Harvey Wood, two of the founding partners of London-based event-driven manager Pendragon Capital, wil
Leading offshore law firm Maples and Calder has appointed six new associates across its key practice areas, promoted finance and capital markets specialist Stacey Overholt to the partnersh
Standard Life Investments has launched its Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund to retail investors, offering access through a unit trust to the same advanced investment techniques alrea
The astute observer might have noticed a clue last week about the direction of hedge funds in the coming months, with the announcement that Hong Kong-based asset manager Sun Hung Kai Finan
Liffe, the European-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has announced the launch of futures on 13 MSCI indices on its wholesale derivatives service Bclear.
US president-elect Barack Obama has asked Rahm Emanuel, a one-time aide in the Clinton White House, to be his chief of staff – a choice that is likely to reassure hedge fund managers, even
Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at EUR96.9bn in September 2013, down from EUR98.9bn in September 2012. Of the EUR96.9bn, EUR88.8bn was attributable to Xetra (September 2012: EUR91.1bn) and EUR4.2bn was attributable to
Harcourt Investment Consulting, a provider of alternative investment solutions, has appointed Stephan Fritz as its chief executive officer, effective 1 March 2009.
Concept Capital Markets is to acquire Alaris Trading Partners. The terms of the transaction, which is pending approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), have not been disclosed. The combined company will offer institutional brokerage services to hedge funds,
BGC Partners’ subsidiary BGC Derivative Markets has launched operations as a swap execution facility (SEF), consistent with the derivatives trading regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act. "Today marks an important milestone as we enter a new era of derivatives transactions,"
