The Kenmar Group and the Royal Bank of Scotland have launched what they believe to be the first ever commodity fund of funds in a Ucits III format. The Market Access III Kenmar Liquid Commodity Index Fund seeks to
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has increased its presence in North America with the appointment of new North American Committee members. The new members include Bradley Belt, Vice Chairman of Orchard Global Asset Management, Marcus Frampton, CIO
Integral Development, a provider of FX trading solutions and services, announced has appointed Bruce Wolf as a managing director in its sales team. He will be based in Integral’s New York office. Wolf was most recently at Citi where he
The highest average trade price in six months may signal the return of stability to the secondary hedge fund market, according to the October edition of the Hedgebay index. October’s average of 81 per cent is the second consecutive monthly
RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) has appointed Dave Eikenberg as Head of US Intermediary Sales. In this new role, Eikenberg will be responsible for developing and executing RBC GAM’s sales effort toward the US Intermediate marketplace including wealth
Law firm Walkers says the confirmation of the final terms of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and the removal of uncertainty for non-European Union fund managers marketing non-EU funds in the EU is a very positive development for the
Following the acquisition of GLG by Man on 14 October, Man has appointed Richard Phillips as head of UK retail for the combined business. Phillips, previously co-head of UK retail for GLG, will assume responsibility for developing and implementing the
Refinitiv and Tradeweb Markets (Tradeweb) have renewed an agreement to make certain Tradeweb market data – including new data sets – available for exclusive redistribution through Refinitiv. The expanded, multi-year agreement enables financial professionals to access Tradeweb data across multiple
Ratio Asset Management, a European equities alternative investment firm, has hired European small and mid-cap veteran Alice Squires to head its investor relations function. Squires (née Pullin) was previously at Deutsche Bank where she was director and head of pan-European
The writing is on the wall (or at least in the press).
