Hedge Connection has named co-founder Rob Arthurs as CEO. Hedge Connection will continue to offer hedge fund managers access to pre-qualified investors, an suite of marketing services and Morningstar’s hedge fund database, one of the most comprehensive alternative databases in
Hatteras Funds, a provider of alternative investment solutions for financial professionals, has appointed Robert Murphy to the new position of director of risk management for Alternativ
One William Street Capital Management has appointed Kathleen Riorda as a managing director and head of business development.
The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) has reached 100 catastrophe bond programme and series listings, with a total face value of approximately USD8.5 billion. The CSX listed its first cat bond Ajax Re Ltd in 2007. The specialist listing rules of
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal court order freezing assets held by defendants Brian Kim and Liquid Capital Management, LLC (Liquid Capital), both of New York, NY. The order, entered by the Honourable Denise
SunGard has launched Hedge360, an integrated, hosted service that supports the complete investment lifecycle for hedge funds and alternative asset management firms, from portfolio management to risk management, portfolio accounting and reporting with dedicated coverage of convertible arbitrage strategies and
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a reporting tool enabling intraday liquidity monitoring for investment banks, allowing them to optimise the use of their liquidity as well as prepare for continuing regulatory changes across the globe. The service allows BNP
Hedge funds gained 0.52% in January according latest figures for the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “Equity markets in the USA and across Europe continued to rally for a fifth consecutive month,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and simultaneously settled charges against James Giacomo Brandolino, previously of Joliet, Illinois, for conducting a number of fraudulent commodity futures investment schemes and misappropriating customer funds. The CFTC order requires Brandolino
Cisco Systems Inc, Comcast Corp (Class A shares) and FedEx Corp have been added to the Dow Jones US Contrarian Opportunities Index. The index is designed to systematically measure the performance of stocks that lag behind the broader market in
