Crestbridge has been granted a funds administration licence in Luxembourg in a move that significantly bolsters the company’s capabilities in the jurisdiction and its multi-jurisdictional proposition for alternative fund managers. Granted by Luxembourg’s financial services regulator, the Commission de Surveillance
The sixth global alternative investments report by Goldman Sachs International and Russell Investment Group shows strong institutional commitment to hedge funds.
Global investor services group, IQ-EQ, has appointed Colin Targett as Managing Director of its Bermuda and Cayman Islands operations. This strategic new hire follows other senior appointments announced in recent months evidencing the Group’s drive to build its Funds, Private Wealth
The influential Washington-based Managed Funds Association has argued strongly for a speedy and favourable review by the CFTC of the application by Eurex for con
Tiedemann Investment Group (TIG Advisors) has selected SS&C Geneva for portfolio accounting. The New York-based alternative investment adviser says it selected Geneva for its comprehensive asset class coverage and the ability to handle complex fund structures. At its core, Geneva
PFPC, the fund services group, has completed its acquisition of ADVISORport, enabling PFPC to service both managed account sponsors and money managers in the US
Adrian Lee & Partners (AL&P), an active currency and Global Macro Manager for institutional investors, has launched a Global Macro Alpha Fund, which seeks to generate consistent excess return through diversification of macro asset class, region and alpha source, while
The annual survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates that alternative/structured products are among the top areas that wealth managers will look to outsource ov
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of asset managers claim that the data management systems and processes that they use today are not ‘very effective’ at supporting business and operational decision-making. In addition nearly half of asset managers (45 per
The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has issued its response to the UK Financial Services Authority’s consultation paper on the regulation o
