BISYS Fund Services has announced several new hires and one internal promotion, all fuelled by the firm winning new business over the past 18 months. In the last ye
Appleby says it will become the first member of the ‘offshore magic circle’ of international law firms to establish a presence in Switzerland when it opens an office in Zurich on December
Five out of six of Market Vectors investable hedge fund beta indices recorded positive returns in March, according to figures released by Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS). The MV Emerging Markets L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index (0.07 per
Barclays Capital has decided to launch the UCITS III-compliant Hedge Fund Replicator Fund in order to provide its investors with regulated, transparent exposure to hedge fund strategi
Tom Sandell, the New York hedge fund manager whose firm, Sandell Asset Management, has been actively trading in the merger arbitrage space for the last 12 years, spoke this week to Ci
Charlemagne Capital has launched a sterling share class (B Class) of the Ireland-domiciled Magna Turkey Fund. Magna Turkey is part of the open-ended Magna Umbrella
Fund of hedge funds AcenciA Debt Strategies Limited raised GBP 42,600,000 before expenses in its recent pricing and offer for subscription. Under the structure of
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, has been one of the most active prime brokerages in Asia Pacific, with new hires across the board from capital sales through to I.T. and legal.
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), the energy futures trading exchange, launched its IPO last week and listed on the NYSE. Of the total offering, ICE, formerly known a
BGC Partners, an intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, has executed its first fully electronic dollar interest rate option trade. The transaction was carried out using the Volume Match tool on BGC’s proprietary, hybrid execution platform, BGC Trader. The BGC
