Sir Paul Ruddock is to retire as chief executive officer of Lansdowne Partners, the London-based stock-picking hedge fund he co-founded in 1998, to concentrate on his work in the arts. Ruddock (pictured), who is currently chairman of the Victoria &
Jefferies has hired Josh Gold as a managing director and head of the firm’s new hedge fund relationship group. Gold will be responsible for efforts to manage the firm’s overall relationships with US-based hedge funds, including representing Jefferies’ broad product
The German financial market authority (BaFin) has approved the HI Varengold CTA Hedge fund for distribution in Germany. The fund, which is the third German fund of
Law firm Walkers’ hedge fund team has been named top provider of offshore legal services by readers of Hedgeweek, one of the key publications serving the hedge funds and alternative investment industry. On 1 March, the magazine announced that its
A working paper on Ucits regulation has found no conclusive evidence that less regulated hedge funds outperform alternative Ucits funds on a risk adjusted basis, even though they find some cross-sectional evidence. The paper was published by Nils S. Tuchsmid
Russian investors and brokers will be able to issue and cancel depositary receipts (DRs) in Russian companies thanks to an agreement between National Settlement Depositary (NSD) and BNY Mellon. The two companies have developed a structure by which DRs, issued by
Amundi has hired five investment professionals for its UK branch based in London. Christopher Morris has joined the company as senior global fixed income manager, Anne Beaudu will join shortly in the same capacity and James Kwok has joined as
Tim Gascoigne has nine years experience in the hedge funds industry and joined HRIL in 1996 after spending three years as an equity researcher and member of the strategy team with Mercury Asset Man
Managed futures held steady in August, posting a small gain of 0.11 per cent, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based index provider BarclayHedge, and the inde
Interview with Rob Lane – “Our proposition revolves around market data and trading infrastructure. We can supply market data via consolidated or direct feed. How firms actually receive the content depends on the trading infrastructure,” explains Rob Lane (pictured), European
