In its report for the IDA last year, Deloitte & Touche suggested that encouraging hedge fund managers to set up shop in Ireland would be a good way to give the country’s financial sector new moment
The US-based Hedge Fund Association has launched a regional chapter for the north-eastern US, providing organisational and financial resources for member programmes in New York, Connecticu
Eurex saw turnover increase by around 19 percent to 90 million contracts against the same period last year (August 2004: 75.7 million contracts). At 821 million con
RS Platou Markets, the investment banking arm of RS Platou Group, has selected Fidessa group’s Software as a Service sell-side trading platform. The Oslo-based brokerage firm will be using Fidessa to underpin its global trading operations including connectivity to a
DMS Management (Ireland) Limited, one of the hedge fund industry’s largest fund governance firms, has been appointed as director to the Monsoon Asia Pacific Systematic Fund (MAPS), a D
Hedge fund performance was dragged lower last week by high beta strategies such as L/S Equity and Special Situations, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Low beta strategies such as Merger Arbitrage, Relative Value
New Jersey-based Nationwide Planning Associates (NPA) has created an alternative investment platform aimed at high net worth and institutional investors. NPA’s regi
Fund of hedge funds technology supplier Comada has appointed Chandra Arandjelovic to the newly-created position of chief operating officer.
New York-based Marathon Asset Management has expanded its portfolio management team dedicated to the global equity business by adding industry veterans with substantial experience.
Atrato Advisors, the hedge fund consulting firm, has appointed two research professionals. Michael Boensch, formerly of Gleacher Fund Advisors, joined Atrato as a vice president earlier this year. Boensch, who also worked at multi-family office CSM Capital Management, brings over
