UBS is expanding its hedge fund services business by acquiring the US prime brokerage operations of ABN AMRO for USD 250 million.
HSBC’s Alternative Fund Services has released a German tax compliant version of its core hedge fund accounting system, Advent Geneva.
Hedge fund capital ended Q2 2018 at a new record level for the eighth consecutive quarter as investors reversed Q1 strategy flow trends, allocating new capital to Equity Hedge strategies while redeeming from Macro strategies, with Relative Value Arbitrage and
The Tokyo branch of MF Global FXA Securities has gone live with Fidessa’s Japanese trading platform for its newly established Japanese equities business. MF Global FXA Securities (Japan), a wholly owned subsidiary of MF Global group, had previously been very
Quintillion, an independent hedge fund administration firm, has integrated a new version of Paladyne Price and Paladyne Security with its accounting system Advent Geneva and internal control dashboard QControl. Paladyne Security Master and Paladyne Price Master consolidate security, pricing, and
The Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has confirmed the appointment of Dr Wolfgang von Rintelen to the Exchange Management Board of EEX. Von Rintelen, who joins current Board Members Steffen Koehler and Tim Greenwood, replaces Dr Tobias
Pan-European cash equities trading MTF, Aquis Exchange, has achieved a record market share of 3.17 per cent for continuous trading for the month of August, up from 2.66 per cent in the previous month. On 23 August, market share hit
Zurich-based Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, has been selected to manage the hedge funds allocation for La Genevoise, the Swiss insurance company.
Harcourt Partners SA has changed its name to Peak Partners SA as of 1 January 2006 and is preparing to launch a new fund run by Nikhil J
Experienced global portfolio manager Paul Sloane is rejoining active equity specialist Martin Currie’s Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) team as a portfolio manager. Martin Currie’s flagship emerging market equity strategy has outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over all time periods
