Professor Jon Rushman believes that in the long term cyber currencies like Bitcoin could see the end of central banks and foreign exchange and so it is understandable governments are nervous about it. The new virtual currency has become
Citi Alternative Investments has appointed Andrew Black, head of London credit structures and Tim Greatorex, head of structured investment vehicle strategies, as co-heads of the global cre
Kinetic Partners, the professional services firm, has supported Piquant Technologies, a new UK-based quantitative fund manager, to become the first hedge fund authorised according to the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD). The directive, which came into force on
The trustees of the MHCB London Final Salary Scheme, the UK pension scheme of Mizuho Corporate Bank, have selected the AIG Diversified Strategies Fund II for an investment of GBP9.5m, appr
After nearly 12 months in operation, over 400 limited partner firms and more than 600 general partner firms from 60-plus countries actively use Palico. LPs, GPs and advisers have connected on more than 500 investment opportunities posted on Palico
CMA Global Hedge, the Guernsey-domiciled, London-listed fund of hedge funds, has announced that it can now offer significant access to its investment strategies in euros, US dollars and st
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) has launched the Old Mutual Al Saqr Fund, an equity market neutral hedge fund that is managed in accordance with Shariah principles, including the use of Mur
Global commodities and financial markets brokerage Marex Spectron Group has completed the arrangement of a term deal for Australian 5500NAR high ash thermal coal, intended for delivery throughout 2014. The transaction was concluded between an Australian producer and an Asian
Axes, a New-York-based agency broker and pioneer in electronic trading access to the world’s developed, emerging and frontier markets, has appointed BNP Paribas Securities to replace Soci&
UBS has agreed to pay nearly USD50m to settle SEC charges that it violated securities laws while structuring and marketing a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) by failing to disclose that it retained millions of dollars in upfront cash it received
