Graham Stock (pictured), chief strategist at Insparo Asset Management comments on Bharti Airtel decision to sell a stake to Qatar investment group… Bharti Airtel’s desire to raise fresh capital to finance further investment in its African operations highlights the continuing
Astmax Asset Management, an asset management firm based in Tokyo, and Gottex Fund Management Sarl have agreed mutual sub-advisory services to provide institutional and other Japanese clients with hedge fund and multi-asset investment solutions. The parties will offer Japanese clients
FundLogic Alternatives Plc, Morgan Stanley’s Dublin-domiciled UCITS umbrella, announced this week that it had teamed up with Sandler O’Neill Asset Man
Algorithmics this week announced the launch of Algo Risk Reports, designed for hedge fund managers to help simplify their risk reporting responsibilities.
Backstop Solutions Group, a Software-as-a-Service provider to the alternative asset management industry, has acquired the PerTrac CMS product line, a customer relationship management tool built exclusively for the institutional investment community. The business was acquired from eVestment, a provider
In light of continual struggles from European fund managers to comply with the impending AIFMD directive, Nicola Smith, chief executive of hedge fund administrator Helvetic, says that plans by the European Commission to introduce liquidity buffers and leverage caps on
Forum Securities has appointed Sophia Banar as managing director and strategic risk and portfolio manager based in the firm’s Old Greenwich, Connecticut office. Banar brings over 15 years of real estate investing and consulting experience to Forum. Before joining
Both the number of Alternative UCITS funds and assets under management grew in the first quarter of 2013 according to the Alceda Quarterly UCITS Review, produced by leading independent structuring specialist Alceda Fund Management S.A. Tracking the Absolute Hedge Global
UBP Asset Management, a fund-of-funds management company of Union Bancaire Privée, has appointed Daniel Kelly in New York as chief risk officer of alternative investment, a newly created position. Kelly is an 18-year veteran of asset management, 17 of which
Chatham Financial, an interest rate and foreign exchange risk management adviser, has testified before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on derivatives legislation. Chatham was invited by the committee as an independent expert to testify as a representative of business
