Gottex Fund Management has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Frontier Investment Management, a UK multi-asset investment management firm. Michael Azlen, founder and chief executive of Frontier, will retain a substantial equity interest in Frontier, which has
KB Associates, a consulting firm to the asset management community, has appointed Maurice Murphy as senior consultant – risk management services. He will support the firm’s roster of traditional and alternative asset manager clients. Murphy will be responsible for
The UCITS Alternative Index Global lost -1.37 per cent in June to leave it at +0.94 year-to-date. The funds of funds index performed slightly worst with losses of -1.85 per cent. The UAI Funds of Funds is now up 1.24
Deutsche Bank has released a white paper on how managers can chart a smooth course through AIFMD implementation, and argues that adoption of an integrated model will be the most cost-effective option, with minimal disruption to a hedge fund business.
A Committee tasked with ensuring the continuing health of Guernsey’s investment sector has recommended fundamental changes to regulatory laws.
HedgeStart Partners, the London-based alternative investment consulting firm, has partnered with Commensus to provide IT outsourcing and cloud-based services to HedgeStart’s clients. HedgeStart provides consulting and other outsourced services to both new and established investment businesses, including hedge funds,
Fund services provider SEI has chosen Calastone to provide its order routing service for the UK business. SEI, which manages or administers USD495bn of assets globally across pooled and separately managed accounts, will now move toward automated order processing
HSBC is to make Trading Technologies’ (TT) high-speed XTRADER order-entry software available to its internal trading desks and customers.
A partnership of industry leaders in the investment consultancy and alternative asset sectors has launched an independent investment platform for investors and hedge fund managers, geared toward the investment markets of 2013 and beyond. ClearVest offers a total portfolio
Reuters has launched Reuters Tick Capture for Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) calculations.
