RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has been designated a primary dealer in Germany and France, effectively immediately. Harry Samuel, global co-head of fixed income and currencies, RBC Capital Markets, says: “In
Pilgrim Partners Asia, a new Singapore-based investment manager, has selected LaCrosse Global Fund Services to provide fund administration services for the Pilgrim Asian Macro Fund. The fund was launched in May 2010 and uses mainly currencies, interest rates, currency and
Diapason Commodities Management has appointed Frederic Hervouet as Global Head of Sales.
Gartmore has launched its first healthcare hedge fund, with the long/short equity strategy opening to investors at the start of November.
Fund administration company Apex Fund Services has launched Apex Trade Manager, its order management system (OMS), and Apex Vision, its portfolio management system (PMS). Both systems are to be offered to any fund manager using Apex’s services and also as
Emily Porter, Senior Analyst, Asset Alliance, examines the increasingly short equity market downside risk being taken on by many funds o
Skandia Investment Group has awarded Aviva Investors a GBP8m mandate to help further boost its Skandia UK Strategic Best Ideas Fund, the only long/short Ucits III multi-manager fund in the IMA’s UK All Companies sector. Launched just over three years
Eventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and market risk platform provider, has selected Itiviti’s Managed FIX Service to consolidate drop copies from market centres. “We’ve invested considerably over the years in building out our in-house data-capture infrastructure from global markets
The proposed partnership between Eurex and The Clearing Corporation has received overwhelming approval from US shareholders.
Lyxor Asset Management has launched the Lyxor/Canyon Credit Strategy Fund, a UCITS-compliant vehicle designed to access Canyon Capital Advisors’ event-driven and credit-oriented strategies across a broad spectrum of asset classes. Canyon is partnering with Lyxor to bring the necessary
