Asia’s second largest hedge fund manager, Tokyo-based SPARX Group, plans to raise up to USD100million over the next year for a real estate fund that will invest in companies building t
Liontrust Asset Management, an LSE-listed company with USD1.3billion in AUM, is taking on O
Insurance provider Apsley Specialty has joined forces with Lloyd’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000 to provide capacity for its insurance offering to the alternative asset management sector. Pembroke, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ironshore Inc, operates as a syndicate within the Lloyd’s
Quintillion has been chosen to provide administration services to the Da Vinci CIS Opportunities Fund. The Cayman based hedge fund, which is managed by Guernsey domiciled Da Vinci Capital Management Ltd, invests in listed securities focusing on Russia and the
Blue Rice Investment Management, the Singapore-based credit and fixed income specialist, has created a new role and hired Jay Lee as senior marketing director repor
The majority of swap execution facilities (SEFs), including BGC Derivative Markets, Bloomberg, trueEX, GFI Group, ICE Swap Trade, MarketAxess, Tradeweb, Tradition Trad-X and Tullett Prebon, have now adopted the FIX Protocol. The FIX Trading Community has been working closely with
Man Group plc has successfully launched the Man GLG Multi-Strategy fund – the first combined UCITS fund to result from Man’s acquisition of GLG Partners, Inc. in 2010, which created the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager. The open-ended fund,
Edinburgh-based Martin Currie has parted company with its top Asia fund manager, Chris Ruffle, following an investigation into a conflict of intere
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules that require advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to register with the SEC, establish new exemptions from SEC registration and reporting requirements for certain advisers, and reallocate regulatory responsibility for
JMP Group Inc, an investment banking and alternative asset management firm, has appointed Kevin "KC" Lynch to president of Harvest Capital Strategies LLC, its asset management subsidiary. Lynch will also continue in his role as chief operating officer. "Since joining
