The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has signed bilateral cooperation agreements with 27 securities regulators from the European Union and the wider European Economic Area, including the UK, France and Germany. The cooperation agreements provide a set of arrangements
Man Group and Nomura have launched the Nomura Man Systematic Fixed Income UCITS Fund, it was announced this week. The underlying strategy, which has been accessible via a number of different investible formats since summer 2012, is run by Man
More than half the inflows into Ucits hedge funds (EUR13.2bn) were allocated to fixed income strategies during 2012, followed by macro strategies (EUR5.8bn), according to data released by Alix Capital. The latest quarterly research by the Geneva-based provider of the
The Cayman Islands has now signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with 25 European countries, which will enable the continued marketing of Cayman Islands hedge funds throughout the European Union. Cindy Scotland, managing director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA),
MPC Investors, the independent asset manager, has launched the MPC Pilgrim Select Fund.
FRM Capital Advisors or “FCA”, the seeding division of FRM (Man Group plc‘s fund of hedge fund division) has entered into a strategic relationship with a Japan focused hedge fund. FCA will make a significant investment in a fund launched
TPG is to acquire Eze Castle Software, a provider of global order management and related investment technologies, and RealTick, a multi-broker, cross-asset electronic execution platform, from ConvergEx Group. This all cash transaction is expected to close in Q1 or Q2
NYMEX has announced a number of margin changes for its natural gas and gas-related futures contracts.
Hedge fund Elliot Associates is planning to nominate five executives to the board of Hess Corp as it looks to force a break up of the US oil and gas company. Activist investor Elliott, which currently own about four per
UK-based Liquidity Finance is expanding its activities across the Atlantic with a new office opening in Stamford, Connecticut in the US. Headed by ex-Knight Capital Group and UBS AG Dan Mullineaux (pictured), working alongside ex-head of EM trading at Goldman Sachs Robert McDonald, the expansion of Liquidity
