A US court has entered a permanent injunction against Cornerstone Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund operator, and its chief executive, the inaptly-named Joseph Profit of Atla
Swiss-based alternative asset manager Insch Capital Management, which specialises in the currency markets, has appointed former Man International chairman David Anderson as its non-executi
Trium Capital, a London-based alternative investment specialist with a full-scope UCITS platform, has taken the strategic decision to bolster its operational infrastructure by expanding into Dublin. Subject to regulatory approval, the Irish office, led by Andrew Collins, will enhance Trium’s
Massena Advisors, which has offices in Geneva and Luxembourg, has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute the Vermont Asset Finance Fund, the flagship fund of Geneva-based Nara Capital
HSBC has appointed Paul Busby as head of prime services sales, Americas, with immediate effect. Busby previously worked at Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank for 18 years, most recently as managing director and co-head of equity finance Americas. Busby will
After launching British Pound (GBP) on its C2C (customer-to-customer) fiat-to-token trading platform, OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, has held a networking event in London. During the “mindxchange” session, several crypto leaders attended and discussed the barriers to adopting cryptocurrencies
BlackRock has completed the acquisition of eFront, an end-to-end alternative investment management software and solutions provider. BlackRock says the combination of eFront with Aladdin will set a new standard in investment and risk management technology, vastly expanding Aladdin’s alternatives capabilities
Pioneer Alternative Investments has announced three new hires to its fund of hedge funds research team with the appointments of Bob Puccio as global head of macro, quantitative, fixed-inco
State Street Global Markets, LLC (SSGM), intends to join SwapClear, LCH.Clearnet’s global over-the-counter (OTC) IRS clearing service, by June, 2012 subject to regulatory approval. SwapClear’s total clearing membership is currently 61. “Our membership will provide our institutional investor clients with
Ethical fund of hedge funds manager Highland Good Steward Management has retained E.Capital Partners International, a financial advisory firm serving corporate clients and investors from i
