Putnam Investments has announced that David Glancy has joined the firm as managing director and portfolio manager.
Hedge funds continued to decline in December, largely driven by L/S Equity (and to some extent CTAs), according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. L/S Equity strategies continued to suffer from the unusual level of
UK-based fund managers must take the initiative ahead of an impending wave of compensation claims against them from disgruntled investors, according to risk consultancy and internal aud
The Hong Kong office of global law firm K&L Gates has added Greg Heaton as a partner in its investment management practice.

 With a focus on investment management and financial services regulation, Heaton advises investment managers as well as institutional trustees,
UBS is to challenge a civil action launched by the US Internal Revenue Service in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida seeking judicial enforcement of a civil &quo
Managed Funds Association (MFA), a trade association for the global hedge fund industry, has appointed Mark Epley as Executive Vice President & Managing Director, General Counsel, effective 19 February 2019. Epley (pictured), will join MFA from the Office of the
EPIC Holdings is to acquire Integro Holdings, a specialty insurance brokerage and consulting business in the US with revenue in excess of USD150 million. Financial terms of the proposed transaction have not been disclosed. Integro USA brings to EPIC expertise that is
FX Transparency (FXT) has released FXT Analytics, a hosted application that will allow clients to create their own custom reports as well as explore new ways to reduce trading costs. Built to help investors demonstrate FX best-execution efforts, the application
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire and sports sponsor who has been accused or orchestrating a multi-billon-dollar investment fr
Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has launched the Oyster Continental European Selection, a new sub-fund of its Luxembourg domiciled Oyster UCITS SICAV. Available for investment by UK clients, Oyster Continental European Selection delivers Eric Bendahan’s long-term high-conviction stock picks
