Two activist hedge funds have locked horns with the top management at Bollywood group The Indian Film Company over alleged low returns.
SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investment firm, has strengthened its worldwide operations with the addition of Max von Bismarck (pictured) as a partner and CEO of the firm’s international operations. Previously director and head of investors at the World Economic
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has launched two thermal coal futures contracts – SGX API 8 CFR China Coal Index Futures, and SGX IHS McCloskey Indonesian Sub-bit FOB Index Futures Contracts. SGX thermal coal futures will further enhance the current suite
Hermes, manager of the UK’s BT Pension Scheme, has appointed Matteo Dante Perruccio as chief executive of its new boutique fund of hedge funds business, which the investment manager will c
Bermuda-based alternative fund administrator Butterfield Fulcrum Group has announced the appointment of Joost Löbler as managing director in charge of business development for Europe,
China Vice Premier Li Keqiang gave Hong Kong’s stock market a huge fillip by announcing on 17 August that China would start an exchange-traded fund linked to Hong Ko
Deutsche Bank has published its tenth annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted in December 2011 by the Bank’s Global Prime Finance business. Approximately 400 investor entities worldwide, representing more than USD1.35 trillion in hedge fund assets and over two
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an Order granting CME Clearing Europe Limited registration as a derivatives clearing organisation (DCO) pursuant to Section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). CME Clearing Europe is a private limited company organised
Pamplona Capital Management has launched a global emerging markets fund, the Pamplona GEM Hedge Fund, which will adopt primarily a long/short equity investment strategy, investing in Centr
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has entered an order dismissing the appeal of Leila C Jenkins, the principal of Rhode Island-based investment adviser Locke Capital Management. Jenkins had appealed a 30 June, 2011 decision by a
