State Street Corporation and InfraHedge, a UK-based company providing an independent governance and risk management infrastructure for institutional investors to invest in hedge funds through managed accounts, have formed a new strategic alliance marked by State Street’s majority equity investment
Derivatives exchange Eurex has announced that it will enhance the scope of its future based on the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Dividend Index as of 4 May 2009.
GAM has given UK retail investors the opportunity to invest in its USD55million GAM GAMCO US Equity fund, wh
It is increasingly common for hedge funds to have an unusual or esoteric investment strategy. But in times of global uncertainty, they are certainly cementing their alternative image.
Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities trading exchange, has appointed three non-executive directors to its board of directors. Adam Maciejewski, chief executive of Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), Pawel Czupryna, senior WSE advisor, and Peregrine Holdings’ founder Sean Melnick have
Allocations to hedge funds have slowed to their lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2005 as volatile financial markets prompt investors to adjust strategy exposures, according to Chic
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has announced plans to launch a note linked to the US Opportunities fund, a US-focused equity long/short fund of hedge f
Cayman Islands law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has announced the hire of Elizabeth Denman, Callum Harper and Anton Goldstein as associates to the firm’s corporate team.
Options is expanding its partnership with Redline Trading Solutions, a provider of low-latency market data and order execution solutions, to offer a fully managed ticker plant for options and equities. The Options-Redline collaboration enables trading firms to access a complete
The Managed Funds Association has named Carl Kennedy, a member of the public finance department and tax group at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Washington, DC, as a member of the
