The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed an enforcement action charging Phillip Milton of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Gregory Center of McLean, Virginia, William Center of Richmond, Virgina, and their Florida-based company Trade with operating a Ponzi scheme involving
Avelacom, a connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions provider for the financial services industry, has opened a new office in Singapore, managed by Gabriel Bassas, VP Sales for APAC. In the past year Avelacom has seen double-digit growth in new business
Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, a member of the Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG), has appointed Timothy Hynes as a portfolio manager of Windward Capital LP. Windward
CAMRADATA is boosting its client research and investment analysis services with the appointment of two new employees. Business broadcast journalist Romil Patel has been appointed at Funds Europe as Asia and Middle East Editor and research lead, and Tom Ashford
First State Investments (a division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia) is launching five funds of hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands. First State Hedge
The Blackstone Group has appointed John G. Finley as a senior managing director and chief legal officer, effective 1 September 2010. Finley is currently a partner at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he is head of
Spain is planning to set a minimum threshold of EUR 100,000 for individual and institutional investments in hedge funds. The planned threshold is being set high to limit participation to HNW
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2018 measured 3.96 per cent, down from 2.66 per cent in October. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2018 was 3.96 per cent, a favourable reading in view of seasonal norms and essentially
In this article Eurex outlines the case for the use of derivatives within pension fund portfolios with examples of how to build derivatives into traditional portfolios.
Hedge funds endured their heaviest outflows in more than five years in September despite record highs in US equity indexes and strong consumer sentiment, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator. Data from more than 5,000 hedge funds in
