A delegation of politicians, officials and business leaders from Guernsey will visit India next month to enhance financial services links between the two jurisdictions. The trip will build on links forged prior to the global economic crisis, according to Paul
Macro Risk Advisors (MRA), a provider of global market risk analysis and derivatives trade execution for institutional investors, has appointed Brian Bier as Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivative Sales and Trading. He will lead the sales and execution
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has appointed Stephan Eckstein to the newly created role of Sales Director.Based in Zurich, Eckstein reports to Roberto Valsecchi Oliva, Head of Switzerland and Southern Europe and will be responsible for developing
Troy Hottenstein joined RG Capital Management in early October to pursue event-driven opportunities with RG Capital Management’s strategies. RG Capital Management i
Standard & Poor’s, the financial research, ratings and indices group, has launched the S&P Hedge Fund Index and three style sub-indices. The S&P Hedge Fund Index comprises 40 funds representing nine distinct hedge fund investment strategies grouped into three broad
Hedge funds posted mixed performance for September as US bonds yields increased, with strategy gains led by fixed income- based Relative Value Arbitrage, while Macro Currency led sub-strategy performance as the US Dollar gained against the Japanese Yen. The HFRI
A federal grand jury sitting in New Haven has returned a 19-count indictment charging three executives of New Stream Capital, a Ridgefield, Connecticut hedge fund, with conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud offences. David Bryson, 44, of Ridgefield, Connecticut; Bart
Optimal Asset Management has launched a direct indexing service for institutional investors and investment advisors. The indices available for direct indexing are S&P Dow Jones Indices’ flagship S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600 and select factor indices. Since
Citi has hired 13 professionals as part of the ongoing expansion of its global prime finance business. The recent hires are split between New York and London. They are focused in the trading and risk areas. “We are finding
Let’s face it: Asian hedge funds have been awful this year.
