South Korea-based Truston Asset Management is preparing to launch a pan-Asia long/short equity fund from its Singapore office reported <
Castle Hall Alternatives, a provider of operational due diligence, has launched HedgeDiligence, a web portal delivering due diligence information to the firm’s clients.
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, a USD9bn fund of hedge funds company, has hired Peter D. A. Stein to chair its Strategy Allocation Committee, effective 1 August.
Marcal Systems Corporation has been rebranded as Great Lakes Fund Solutions following the acquisition of the company by Mark Lancaster (pictured), the firm’s new President. Marc Veeneman, the co-founder and former President of the Company, continues to serve as a
More than 50 major investment firms and professionals have joined the Social Investment Forum in calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to require publicly traded companies t
Clearstream, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo and BBVA are developing an asset servicing model for a market environment with TARGET2-Securities (T2S). Clearstream will connect via its central securities depository to the T2S platform, hence attracting settlement flows, while the
Private funds specialist Timothy W Mungovan has joined Proskauer as a Partner in the firm’s Boston office. Mungovan was the founder and leader of the Private Fund Disputes team and was formerly the Practice Group Leader of the Commercial Litigation
A surge in algorithmic trading helped drive a significant increase in the share of US equity trading volumes executed via electronic platforms last year, according to the results of Gre
Barclays Wealth, the global wealth manager and adviser, has appointed Mitch Cox as managing director and head of the global investment and product office.
Veteran high yield and distressed portfolio managers Scott Martin and C J Lanktree are joining Solus Alternative Management’s investment team. Most recently, Martin and Lanktree served as Co-Heads of Deutsche Bank’s Distressed Products Group. Both will join Solus effective March 1
