Markit Group Limited has launched Markit Portal, a web-based tool for industry professionals seeking comprehensive information on the financial markets. The Markit
Jabre Capital Partners, the Geneva-based hedge fund manager established by Philippe Jabre in 2006, has established a Luxembourg domiciled Ucits umbrella, JabCap (Lux), with one sub-fund, JabCap (Lux) – Global Balanced. The fund is intended to be the first in
New Ogier partner Gray Smith will head up the firm’s London operation providing Cayman Islands legal services to clients from the firm’s European offices. Smith st
Bestone Asset Management has launched the Bestone China Opportunities Fund. The fund invests exclusively in Chinese companies which have most of their assets in or derive most of their revenues from China, regardless of countries of origin or listing. The
New York-based investment manager Cohen & Steers has launched the Global Real Estate Long-Short Offshore fund managed by Todd Voigt, who joined the firm specifically to manage its hedg
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have published a notice requesting public comment on defining certain key terms and in prescribing regulations regarding mixed swaps, as required by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
International Index Company Ltd.
Greenberg Traurig has expanded its Corporate and Investment Funds practices with the addition of Petros (Peter) L Tsirigotis as shareholder in its Washington, DC and New York City offices. Tsirigotis joins from Stradley Ronon, where he was co-chair of the
Vam Funds, an investment boutique, has appointed Linda McLaren as business development manager for Asia. McLaren joins Vam Funds from Standard Bank where she has worked as business development manager for Southern Europe and Africa since 2007. She has worked
Eddington Capital Management Limited has appointed Polar Capital Partners’ executive chairman Charles Hale as a non-executive director. Prior to joining Polar in 2
