New hedge fund launches in the second quarter of 2011 totalled 280, a slight decline from the 298 new funds that were launched in the first quarter, according to data released today by HFR in the latest edition of Market
Confluence is to provide Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services with a range of reporting solutions for its new Annex IV reporting services for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). The new services allow AIFMs that are managing or marketing alternative investment funds (AIFs)
Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has appointed Savio Tung as Chief Executive Officer, North America. Tung returns to a full time role at Investcorp, where he was one of the founding partners and served from 1984 until 2009, from 1995
Eurex Exchange continues to ensure market support for its recently launched listed variance futures contract, which is based on the EURO STOXX 50, the most prominent equity index in Europe. DRW Investments, developer of the variance conversion methodology, has started
CitiFX has launched a new multi-manager platform, CitiFX Access, offering a range of vehicles facilitating investment in FX managers via multi-strategy benchmark and actively-managed indices licensed from leading index sponsors. The returns of these indices are driven by the performance
Privium Fund Management has launched a new fund structure for emerging fund managers in Europe, the Privium Investment Fund. The fund structure allows portfolio managers to develop a track record and generate performance within an institutional fund infrastructure. Similarly
Orc Group has launched Orc Market Maker for EMEA, a high-performance solution designed to address the most pressing challenges faced by market makers in today’s competitive markets. Developed and proven on some of the most demanding instruments listed on
Total regulatory assets under management (RAUM) reported by all investment advisers as of 7 April was USD61.7 trillion, representing a substantial increase from the USD54.8 trillion RAUM reported in April 2013. This is according to the Investment Adviser Association (IAA)
OpenGamma, a provider of OTC market structure risk management and analytics solutions, has appointed Mark Beeston as chairman of the board of directors. OpenGamma has also appointed Cristobal Conde, former CEO of SunGard, to its board. OpenGamma provides standardised
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has appointed Philip Chew as head of risk, operations and information technology. For more than 14 years, Chew led the building of risk reporting, research and portfolio management systems at BlackRock Inc. and for the last
