Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for hedge funds, has seen significant growth during its first year of operation and now boasts a 17-strong client base, including US hedge fund ‘giant’ SAC Capital Advisors. Agio believes its rapid
Investors in hedge funds and funds of funds and the individuals and institutions that advise them are responding to the Bernard Madoff scandal by reviewing the mechanisms available to moni
International legal, professional and fund services group Maitland has appointed Dr Tim Brown, a former managing director of Aqute Business Intelligence, as head of information technology
Consolidation in the hedge fund industry is inevitable but will ultimately generate new investment opportunities, says Jason Webster of Sagitta Asset Management. Mr
Hedge fund veteran Dion Friedland is backing an emerging US company, International Fuel Technology, that has developed economising fuel blends. As cleaner, less cos
Fimat Canada, part of global brokerage giant Fimat Group, has launched an inter-dealer brokerage business (IBD). Fimat’s new Toronto Capital Markets Group (TCMG) wi
BNP Paribas Asset Management has confirmed its US ambitions with the appointment of Pierre Lapomme as chief executive officer of BNP PAM US. Lapomme’s main mission
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has appointed four new senior members to its European fixed income team in advance of new product launches. The expansion will suppo
Imagine Software has added Monte Carlo analysis to its risk module ensuring a higher level of portfolio control with simulations based on historical data. The enha
London-based hedge-fund marketing firm AdvantHedge has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new partner, Claude L’Heveder. Before joining AdvantHedge, L
