Sprott Asset Management, which manages the Sprott family of mutual funds, hedge funds and discretionary accounts, has appointed Scott Colbourne to the position of senior portfolio manager. Colbourne started his career at the Bank of Canada and has accumulated more
Singapore-based volatility hedge fund manager Stephen Diggle (pictured), who re-launched as Vulpes Investment Management after liquidating the Artr
Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE), has appointed Jos Dijsselhof as chief operating officer with effect from 1 July 2014, pending regulatory approvals. His role will be to ensure seamless and orderly operations across Euronext’s pan-European markets.
MF Global Holdings Ltd, a broker-dealer providing trading and hedging solutions, has announced the pricing of its public offering of USD325 million aggregate principal amount of 6.250% senior unsecured notes due 2016. MF Global intends to use at least USD100
HSBC has appointed Chris Barrow as global head of sales for the recently launched HSBC Prime Services business. He will be responsible for sales and marketing of the business, initially focusing the client strategy around hedge funds and institutional fund
Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at EUR96.1 billion in May 2014, down from EUR109.2 billion in May 2013. Of the EUR96.1 billion, EUR88.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (May 2013: EUR99.5 billion).
LaCrosse Global Fund Services, a hedge fund administrator, is partnering with RiskMetrics Group, a provider of risk management and corporate governance services, to offer LaCrosse’s hedge fund clients access to RiskMetrics’ HedgePlatform Community. LaCrosse’s clients can now access at no
GLG Partners, now part of Man Group Plc, this week announced the launch of their 10th UCITS fund since July ‘09.
Former Carbon360 Director of Research, Daniel Golyanov, has launched Vela Advisers, a New York-based consulting and advisory firm targeting both managers and administrators with comprehensive range of services. Vela’s offering features a suite of services for alternative fund managers and
Asian exchanges will see high trading volumes of 20 to 30 per cent growth per annum, driven mainly by economic fundamentals but also by greater order flow from foreign traders and overseas quantitative funds, according to a report by Celent.
