Weeden Prime Services has appointed Frank Napolitani as president. In this role, Napolitani is responsible for leading the continued expansion of the company’s prime brokerage business focusing on hedge funds, registered investment advisers and family offices. "Prime services are
Aquila Capital’s AC Spectrum Fund has achieved convincing returns since its launch one year ago. With assets under management (AUM) of over EUR 180 million, the Fund has been one of the fastest growing alternative UCITS funds and ranks amongst
BNY Mellon has launched MarginEdge, a global derivatives margin management service that allows financial institutions, clearing members and central counterparties (CCPs) to manage margin collateral efficiently while balancing trading costs and capital requirements associated with listed, cleared over-the-counter (OTC) and
HSBC Global Asset Management has appointed Shantini Nair as Senior Product Specialist for infrastructure debt investments in the Alternatives team. With over 20 years’ experience in institutional asset management, Nair will focus on developing and expanding the team’s infrastructure debt
Systematic Alpha Management (SAM), a New York based CTA, will launch the Systematic Alpha Multi-Strategy Futures Fund (SAMSFF) in January 2012, a new fund that aims to achieve consistent positive returns with low volatility and low correlation to all other
Ruud Hendriks, a non-executive director of Man Group, has been appointed as non-executive Chairman of the firm’s Institutional Department and will step down from the Board. Ruud’s change of role will be effective from 1 December, 2011. Ruud has a
BNY Mellon has been awarded a Capital Markets Services Licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for its new dedicated subsidiary to provide fund management services in Singapore. The licence was approved on 11 November 2013. With the new licence,
International law firm Walkers has promoted 11 attorneys across its global network to partner, as part of its annual promotions process. This significant expansion in the number of partners is to meet the growing needs of the firm’s clients. Walkers’
Carey Olsen has advised Argentum Capital on the Jersey legal aspects of its multi-million pound listing on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange, the first listing of a litigation fund on the CISX. Third-party funding is the provision of funding for
Handpicked Films has signed an agreement with New York-based fund of hedge funds and private equity fund manager Ginepri Capital Partners to oversee a multi-year programme of film producti
