Wake2o has appointed Jean-Michel Montandon as a vice president in the firm’s global hedge fund distribution business, which comprises Wake2o hedge fund secondaries illiquids, hedge fund secondaries continuing classes, legal claims and the Wake-X intermediation platform. Montandon joins Wake2o
KPMG has hired three industry veterans to augment its rapidly growing alternative investments (AI) team, focusing on hedge funds, private equity firms and real estate funds. Camille Asaro, Jay Freedman and Linda Grogan have recently joined KPMG’s AI team
New Star Asset Management is making a third offering of Hedge ETS, a London-listed daily tradable security.
August trading volume in VIX futures totalled 3,488,149 contracts, an increase of 83 per cent over August’s total in 2012 and a gain of 19 per cent over the previous month, according to figures released by the CBOE Futures Exchange.
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) (OMAM) has announced the launch of the Old Mutual Global Statistical Arbitrage Fund, a specialist fund which leverages OMAM’s statistical arbitrage capabilit
Jon L Stein has joined Parker Global Strategies (PGS) as Managing Director of Strategic Initiatives. In this newly created position, Stein will be responsible for product development and marketing for the firm in the areas of foreign exchange, portable
ICAP SEF (US) has filed its application to be a swap execution facility (SEF) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act. The ICAP SEF will operate markets across multiple asset classes, including interest
Nearly half of UK pension funds now have hedge fund investments as the appetite for alternatives among pension funds continues to grow.
Moore, a Jersey-based specialist provider of fund administration, corporate and management services to offshore funds and special purpose investment vehicles, has opened a London office he
Eurex has successfully launched major system enhancements over the past few days.
