The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has commenced proceedings against 11 defendants seeking the appointment of administrators and injunction orders over a group of companies
HSBC Global Private Banking, Americas is partnering with financial technology firm iCapital Network (iCapital) to expand and streamline client access to alternative investments. The partnership is part of Global Private Banking’s initiative to enhance investment management capabilities and expand its
Leading global hedge fund, D.E. Shaw, plans to increase its presence in Asia as part of a strategy to attract assets from Japanese pension funds heading into 2011.
TORA, one of Asia’s leading providers of advanced trading technology and off-exchange liquidity pools to institutional traders, has extended its footprint in the region by opening an o
By Phillip Graham, Partner, Harneys – The BVI is reportedly the second biggest cryptocurrency market in the world, according to statistics published by CoinShares, which used data collected from the 15 biggest cryptocurrency exchanges and concluded that the BVI had a trading
Singaporean oil-focused hedge fund, RedWell Fund SPC, has turned its attention to the distillates market reported the Business Times this week and begun tradin
Man Numeric, Man Group’s fundamentally driven quantitative investment business, has appointed Paul Kamenski and Robert Lam as Co-Heads of Credit, based in Boston. In these new roles, Kamenski and Lam will be responsible for the ongoing development and day-to-day portfolio
Asian equity specialist, Coupland Cardiff Asset Management (CCAM) is launching a daily dealing Irish fund seeking to capitalise on the rapid growth in domestic demand in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar. The CC Indian Subcontinent Fund is focussed on
Nomura Asia Holding, the Asian arm of the Japanese bank’s global prime brokerage division, is finally ready to laun
Christopher Spiegleman, former director of tax at J.H. Whitney, has joined the Metro New York alternative investment funds practice at WTAS as a managing director in the Greenwich office. Spiegelman brings a strong background in multiple industries and areas of
