Liquidity Finance has appointed Marina Davydova to its emerging markets fixed income team, expanding the company’s focus on the CIS market. Davydova’s most recent post was at Raymond James in London, managing European fixed income sales. Prior to this
The Conifer Group, a provider of fund administration, middle office, trading and prime brokerage services to the hedge fund industry, has made several new hires in the firm’s New York office. Drew Burggraf has joined as vice president and
The UCITS Alternative Index Global posted gains of 0.21 per cent in April according to Alix Capital, who host the index. This puts the index at +1.80 per cent for 2013, compared to +1.28 per cent through April last year.
Polar Capital is preparing to launch a convertible bond fund reported FTadviser this week. The Polar Capital Global Convertibles fund will be domiciled in Dublin, subject to regulatory approval, and is to be managed by David Keetley and Steve McCormick.
One of the discussion panels at the Bloomberg Hedge Fund Start-up Conference on 28 November 2012 in London explored some of the legal issues start-up managers need to think about when establishing both the fund, and the fund management structure.
P-Solve Alternative Investments, a London-based fund of hedge funds manager that forms part of the Punter Southall Group, has placed its fund of hedge funds on the Nucleus Financial IFA pl
By Douglas Shulman, Director, Regulatory Compliance, Kinetic Partners – The Madoff fraud was a turning point for the regulatory environment and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”). The Commission suffered great damage to its reputation, as
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has reported growth in derivatives and commodities trading in April. Securities turnover and over-the-counter (OTC) commodities clearing volume fell month-on-month but rose from a year earlier. Securities turnover totalled SGD30.5m, down three per cent from
Meridian Fund Services Group has appointed Fergus Healy as chief executive, effective 15 August 2013. Healy was most recently at JP Morgan Chase in New York as an executive director of the alternative markets group. Healy has enjoyed
EMEA Capital, the independent asset management firm, has appointed Can Uran as managing partner and chief investment officer. Uran will work alongside EMEA Capital’s managing partner and chief executive officer Osman Semerci in the firm’s London office. Uran
