Spouting Rock Financial Partners has named investment industry veteran John Coyne as chairman of its asset management group effective immediately. This is a new role for the firm which last month announced the launch of its asset management arm. Coyne
Last week Jersey Finance, the Channel Island’s industry promotional agency, reported that 26 Unregulated Funds had been established in the nearly seven months since the introduction of the
Optimal Investment Services, part of Spain’s Grupo Santander, is building its fund of hedge funds investment team in London. Amit Propat, who was previously head o
Regulatory change has put the investor relations teams of UK companies’ under increasing pressure as demands from investors soar, according to the latest research from Orient Capital, the investor relations specialist and part of Link Group. The implementation of MiFID
After a strong finish at the end of July, the momentum in the Ucits hedge fund universe kept going for the first three weeks in August 2010. Despite a drop in the last week of the month the Ucits HFS
In the first month of trading the AAM Mantis Program returned 2.49%, despite global economic problems. Whilst Portfolio manager Stavros Loizou’s mandate allows him to take long and short positions in Equity Indices, Bonds and FX, the Mantis’ return in
Superfund is focussing its investment lens on Japan’s retail investors, with the launch of Superfund Blue Japan.
After the saga of Greg Coffey and GLG Partners, it is now the turn of US hedge fund manager Fortress Investment Group, which has lavished a USD300m share grant – thought to be at least one
HSBC has appointed Amy McNally as global marketing manager for HSBC Alternative Investments, reporting to Florence Picon. McNally joins from Barclays Wealth where she was a product specialist covering alternative investments. Her role involved the marketing and distribution of hedge
NewCity Digital Limited, in partnership with Forbes Media, NewCity Capital and trade.io, has launched Forbes CryptoMarkets, a new data-driven portal that offers comprehensive tracking of cryptocurrencies worldwide that licenses the Forbes brand name. Forbes CryptoMarkets, which has gone live in
