The National Futures Association has permanently barred from NFA membership True Vector Trading Group, an introducing broker formerly located in Delray Beach, Florida, and its principal James Douglas of Galveston, Texas. The decision, issued by NFA’s business conduct committee, is
Brown Brothers Harriman, a provider of customised financial solutions, has named Keith Haberlin as head of securities lending in Europe and the Middle East. Haberlin recently relocated to London from BBH Boston, where he has been part of the global
State Street has launched eHorizon, its enhanced global accounting system for asset managers and institutional investors. The solution delivers new levels of functionality, accommodating multiple accounting bases and providing greater flexibility in managing complex fund structures such as fund of
IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has named Julie S. Abbett senior vice president and portfolio manager. In her new role, Abbett will be responsible for helping to oversee portfolio management of IndexIQ’s growing line of alternative investment
Securis Investment Partners has appointed Al Selius as head of a newly-opened New York office. Selius’s role will be centred on accelerating the development of Securis’s activities in the US with particular focus on product development and complementing the existing
London West End-based agency broker Hoare Capital is expanding its credit, ABS and inflation teams as it gears up into quarter three. Among those joining is Richard Gathercole, who will head the corporate credit sales team concentrating on high yield
With the final month’s performance figures of 2010 released by UCITS Alternative Index this week, it was evidently clear that across the board, strategies were well down on 2
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and UK Financial Services Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation and the exchange of information relating to
Icap, an interdealer broker, has expanded its alternative investments business with the hires of Laura Prager and Linda Prager, who will act as co-heads and managing directors of the al
Investment management consultancy Laven Partners has appointed Robert Mirsky as managing director.
