Commonfund, an investment manager for institutional investors, has appointed Eric W Kolts as managing director in its commodities group. Kolts will be based in Wilton, Connecticut and report to Tyler Stevens, managing director, commodities group. “Eric is an important and
Abante Asesores, a boutique investment house with offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Valladolid is preparing to launch a
Fairhills Group has hired Steven DiNunzio, CFA as Principal and Chief Financial Officer. Fairhills Group is a New York-based alternative asset management firm originally founded as the family office of Mr. Edward Bronson, a veteran principal investor and former telecom entrepreneur.
Investors are getting worried about alternative UCITS funds using total return swaps according to a new quarterly survey conducted by Geneva-ba
C-View, the UK-based discretionary currency trading hedge fund manager, has selected alternative assets marketing firm MCAM Group to raise capital for the C-View Currency Managed Account Program (CMAP) and for the C-View Emerging, Developing and Minor Currency Program internationally. 

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Hedge funds and private equity houses need to be prepared for a backlash in the wake of the credit crisis, according to Roland van den Brink, board member at Mn Services. Speaking to pension funds and wealth managers at a
Eurex Clearing has published a study looking at maximising capital and cost efficiency through an integrated cross-product central counterparty (CCP) clearing service. The study was supported by and commissioned to Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm. The study
Wealth manager and ETF specialist SCM Private has marked its two year anniversary with the launch of the SCM Private Bond Reserve Portfolio and fee reductions that continue its philosophy of putting investors first. The SCM Private Bond Reserve Portfolio
OVS Capital, the European equity focused event driven investment manager is expanding its investment team with two new appointments; Manuel Blanco and Zac Lewis. Blanco (pictured) joins OVS as an Analyst, having previously worked as a Senior Equity Analyst at
Eric Greenhut has joined alternative investment manager Ramius as a Managing Director and Head of Quantitative Trading. Ramius’ quantitative trading platform was developed in-house and has been deploying proprietary capital through systematic trading programs since early 2010. Ramius is now
