Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted Ying Z. White to partner. White leads the firm’s investment funds practice in its Beijing office. Prakash H. Mehta, co-leader of Akin Gump’s firm-wide investment funds practice, says: “Ying’s
Julius Baer is set to launch its fourth single manager hedge fund, the JB Convertible and High Yield Hedge Fund, on 1 July 2005. The fund will focus on convertible
EFAMA has warned that the UCITS brand would lose its competitive edge under the proposed financial transaction tax (also referred to as the Tobin tax) and cause investors to seek alternative invest
Schroders is preparing to launch a European equities total return fund to meet growing investor demand for low-volatility vehicles focused on European equity markets
Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG) continues to expand with the appointment of David S Upson III as a senior member of the firm’s investment team. Upson will work on
Orolia has launched the VelaSync 1232 high speed, low-latency time server that is specifically designed for high frequency financial trading. This ultra-accurate solution can also be equipped with Orolia’s Resilient PNT technology suite to provide additional data security and reliability,
The HSBC AsiaHedge Composite Index was all but static in May, putting on just 0.21% for the month and indicating that managers are being tested to their limits. These statistics could sugges
Credit hedge funds should not be considered part of the ‘shadow banking’ sector, according to a new paper by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund trade association. AIMA’s research paper* highlights crucial differences between the key
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) is to acquire alternative investment manager Nexar Capital Group. The combined UBP-Nexar alternative investment group will boast a broader platform, established global distribution capabilities and innovative solutions in the alternatives space. It will have offices in
CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider, has today published the Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report, which provides retail and institutional investors, regulators and the industry as a whole with an independent classification of crypto assets, based on the depth, breadth and
