GAM has appointed Anthony Lawler as a member of the senior management and the investment management committees of its Multi-Manager group, effective immediately. He will focus on the ongoing expansion of GAM’s institutional business particularly in the US, through the
Buy-side interest rate swap clearing volumes have grown rapidly during the first half of 2012 as hedge funds and other asset managers have raced to begin central clearing ahead of the imposition of Dodd-Frank. HedgeWeek looks at developments in store
BI-SAM, a provider of performance measurement and attribution, risk analytics, composites management and client reporting solutions for the global asset management industry, has appointed Andrew Frongello as director of learning and development. In this role, Frongello will be responsible for coordinating
Hong Kong is the place to be if you’re an investment banker or hedge fund professional.
Opus Fund Services is offering clients a solution for compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The solution will be delivered by the FATCA Service Bureau, a joint service from Markit and Compliance Technologies International (CTI). FATCA
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will spin off the Natural Gas Spot and Derivatives Market into a separate company owned to 100 per cent with the corporate name “EGEX European Gas Exchange”. Five years after the launch of exchange gas
Asia’s hedge fund industry is about to have a new player as South Korea this week prepares to launch its first 13 local hedge fund vehicl
Chi-X Global Inc has confirmed that its Chi-X Australia Pty Ltd subsidiary will commence operations on Monday 31 October 2011 following notice from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) that all preconditions in the Chi-X market licence have been
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado has entered judgments against Richard Dalton and Universal Consulting Resources LLC (UCR) and ordered them to pay USD15,842,948, which includes a civil penalty of USD7,549,458. The Court found that Dalton
Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for hedge funds, continued to demonstrate significant growth in 2011 as a result of a growing trend of hedge funds and other investment advisory firms outsourcing non-differentiating IT functions to third-party providers.
