Mehmet Dalman, head of investment banking at Commerzbank, plans to launch an incubator fund in September, staffed by its proprietary traders.
BNP Paribas Group and Duemme Hedge, the speculative asset management company of the Esperia Group, are jointly launching a new fund of hedge funds.
Vistra has opened a new office in Mauritius to target the growing opportunities in the region and in particular in the African and Indian markets. Vistra (Mauritius) Limited opened on 02 April, following the granting of a licence to operate
Dexion Absolute Limited, the London-listed fund of hedge funds, is raising further capital by issuing up to 150,000,000 C Shares at 100p per C Share.
Martin Currie, the Edinburgh-based specialist investment manager with USD 1 billion in hedge fund assets, is to launch its seventh hedge fund on 2 September. <
Baring Asset Management (BAM) is preparing to launch The Baring China Absolute Return Fund plc in June 2004, subject to regulatory approval.
Markit has acquired Data Explorers, a provider of global securities lending data, from mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital. Data Explorers’ data set, which covers USD12 trillion of securities in the lending programmes of over 20,000 institutional funds, provides a
Institutional investors face a number of pressures driven by regulation, the market environment, the global economy and their own internal policies. The rise of factor investing can help ease some of these burdens by introducing new levels of transparency and
Royal Bank of Canada is to acquire the 50 per cent stake that it does not already own of the joint venture RBC Dexia Investor Services Limited (RBC Dexia) from Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA (BIL) (formerly Dexia Banque Internationale
Resolute Investment Managers (Resolute), a diversified, multi-affiliate asset management platform with more than 40 affiliated and independent relationships, is to acquire a majority interest in National Investment Services (NIS), an asset manager specialising in fixed-income strategies. With offices in Milwaukee,
