Alceda Asset Management has been granted a licence to act as Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The licence will enable Alceda to work with initiators of alternative investment funds (AIFs) covering both
The Financial Services Authority’s attempts to set and communicate an actionable implementation plan for liquidity risk have so far failed, according to the results of three surveys by
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order finding that the Henry Financial LD1 Fixed Price contract – a natural gas contract traded on the IntercontinentalExchange, a
Value Partners Group (806:HK), one of Asia’s largest independent asset managers with approximately USD7.7billion in assets as at 31 January 2012, announced this week
Macro Currency Group, the specialist currency investment boutique of global asset management firm Principal Global Investors, has launched the Principal Global Investors Funds Multi Strategy Currency Fund, (the Fund), a Dublin-registered, UCITS-compliant vehicle. Managed by Mark Farrington (pictured) and Dr
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an anti-fraud civil lawsuit charging defendants Randall Lynn Stuckey of St Peters, M., and his Missouri-based business entities, Stuckey Group, LP, Stuckey Group II, LP and Oakwood Development Company LP, with
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is to open an office in Hong Kong, PRC, further expanding its international footprint in Asia. Gregory D Puff, who joins the firm from Shearman & Sterling, will lead the
Asia-focused hedge funds that launched post financial crisis are shutting as they struggle to compete for, and raise new capital from a shrinking pool of key investors reported Bloomberg
International law firm Walkers has appointed partner Paul Farrell in its new Dublin office where he will head up Walkers’ Investment Funds Group in Ireland. Farrell joins Walkers from Matheson Ormsby Prentice, where he practised as an asset management partner,
Hong Kong-based hedge fund advisor DragonBack Capital Limited has announced the transition of the first existing funds – Tempus Investment Group and WorldOver Capital – to its platform. DragonBack is also gearing up for the addition of a significant new
