Jersey Finance has welcomed the signing of a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the authorities in Jersey and Luxembourg. Geoff Cook (pictured), chief executive of Jersey Finance, says: “The DTA with Luxembourg is a welcome addition. There are strong
Ernst & Young has recruited Robert Mirsky, previously head of the UK hedge fund practice at Deloitte & Touche, to join its 350-strong hedge funds advisory practice as a tax partner
International derivatives exchange Eurex has reported that a total of 183 million contracts traded in March, down from 199 million contracts in the same month of 2007.
Calastone, the independent cross-border transaction network for the global funds industry, has secured a USD18m round of investment led by Accel Partners with participation from existing investor Octopus Investments. The investment will be used to accelerate the company’s global
Man Investments, one of the world’s biggest providers of hedge fund products, has unveiled an internet-based trading facility that cuts significantly the time taken to buy and sell hedge f
NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global hedge fund seeding group, and the SICAV Emergence have made a joint seed investment in KeyQuant, an investment manager specialising in systematic strategies. Launched in January 2012 and managed by NewAlpha, the seeding
MarkitSERV, the electronic trade processing service for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions, will be the first middleware provider to deliver foreign exchange (FX) trades for clearing to Nasdaq OMX. Providing clearing connectivity to Nasdaq OMX expands MarkitSERV’s ability to serve
Aquiline Capital Partners has made an investment, through affiliates, in Tourmalet Advisors, an alternative investment manager based in Fairfield, Connecticut. Tourmalet, led by chief executive officer Michael Corasaniti, was founded in October 2009 and has a track record of
UK asset manager Matrix has reorganised and expanded its fund of hedge funds sales team, with Alan Sinstead relocating to Asia to promote Matrix Group products to independent financial adv
Pinnacle Alternative Investments, a third party marketing and business consulting firm serving hedge fund managers, is extending the offer of access to its Global Macro-CTA Investor Databa
