Jon Hanifan has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team. He joins from Ernst & Young, where he was a director in the hedge fund tax practice. Hanifan will work closely
London-based RAB Capital, one of the city’s most respected hedge funds, has shut down its Asia-focused fund – the RAB-Pi Asia Fund Ltd
Westhouse Securities, the corporate and institutional broking group, has appointed Harinder Sandhu to its institutional sales desk where he will focus on servicing hedge funds. Westhouse Securities, the corporate and institutional broking group, has appointed Harinder Sandhu to its institutional
Jersey-based Altis Partners, the Channel Island’s first ever CTA, has now become the first Jersey hedge fund to open an office in Hong Kong.
QuantHouse, S&P Capital IQ’s real time operation and the global provider of trading solutions, has aligned with KVH, Asia’s leading information delivery platform, to enable its clients to benefit from proximity to the main Asian exchanges. The demand for proximity
Eurex will introduce equity options with weekly expiration dates on 24 January 2011. It’s the first time that weekly options will be available on the exchange. The Eurex Weekly Equity Options will be listed as separate contracts and will initially
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched Instinct Natural, an enhancement to its alternative trading system (ATS) Instinct X, aimed at increasing opportunities to execute block trades while minimising market impact. “We want to make it easier for our clients
The European Fund and Asset Management Association says it welcomes the end to the uncertainty that has faced fund managers of all non-Ucits investment funds since the European Commission’s initial proposals for legislation in April 2009, following the approval of
TIG Advisors, an investment platform that oversees more than USD1.8bn across multiple strategies, has appointed Kenneth Goodreau, former chief investment officer of the USD8bn Rhode Island State Pension, as chief investment officer, effective 1 January 2013. In this new role,
Hedge Solutions, a provider of hedge fund administration and accounting solutions, has added Mason Snyder and John Wise to its advisory board. Snyder is currently co-founder and partner at Catalina Partners specialising in operational risk and due diligence for alternative
