A new option on the Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index is to be admitted for trading on the Eurex Exchange on 27 June 2011. The new option will complement the future on the Dow Jones UBS Composite Index already listed
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Flint-McClung Capital LLC (FMC) of Englewood, Colo., and Shawon McClung of Denver, Colorado, with fraud and misappropriation in an off-exchange foreign currency (forex) Ponzi scheme in which defendants allegedly fraudulently solicited
Indus Valley Partners (IVP) has launched IVP Managed Services, an enterprise data management service specifically for alternative asset managers. IVP Managed Services will oversee and manage a fund’s entire data lifecycle which includes all security/reference data, reconciliations and external reporting.
The European Union’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers will come into force on 21 July following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union last Friday. Perhaps not coincidentally, the publication of the directive – the last
In recent years, there have been an increasing number of pensions and other institutional investors who have expressed interest or started investing in women and minority owned investment companies. Indeed, such investing is now mandated for public pension plans by
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on June 6, 2011, the Honorable Dale A. Kimball of the United States District Court for the District of Utah granted the SEC’s motion for summary judgment and entered final judgment against
Skyline Capital Management, the London-based hedge fund manager established last year by Geoff Bamber and Vernon West, announced this week that it was launching a global equity
DMS Offshore Investment Services has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland for its AIFM passporting application to Luxembourg. The Central Bank has now forwarded the notification application to the Luxembourg authorities and this confirmation of transmission of the
Calamos Asset Management has named Nick Calamos president of investments and co-chief investment officer and Jim Boyne president of distribution and operations. Nick Calamos (pictured) previously served as senior executive vice president and also serves as Calamos’ co-chief investment officer.
According to research by RBC Dexia Investor Services, several European markets missed the deadline to implement the 1July UCITS IV Directive.
