Nomura has launched a new equity derivatives service platform aiming to combine trading speed and innovation with asset management service focus. Nomura aims to off

BNP Paribas Asset Management is looking to develop its "high alpha" bond management activity with the appointment of Nicolas Chaput. BNP Paribas already h

The Fimat Group is expanding its global range of brokerage services to include the clearing of the entire US listed equities complex. Fimat US subsidiaries and San

Wharton Asset Management and Deutsche Bank are offering a USD 2.2 billion collateralized debt obligation of high-grade asset backed securities. The indicative capital structure of the Delta

Forsyth Partners has launched a new Bermuda-domiciled range of funds, including hedge funds, called the Forsyth Managed Strategies Funds. The new range has been constructed using a diversified portfolio consisting of five distinct asset classes – equities, fixed income, hedge,

A new report from Watson Wyatt asks whether the hedge fund industry can maintain quality while continuing its current pace of rapid growth. The past two years have

Europe’s second-largest insurer Axa and French bank BNP Paribas are launching the first exchange-traded fund to track a commodity index. Axa and BNP started a joint

Lehman Brothers has appointed Jolyne Caruso as managing director of its global absolute return strategies business. Caruso, who will report to Theodore Janulis, gl

Rob Edwards of HedgeStart Partners LLP provides a snapshot of the key features in the UK Chancellor’s Budget for 2005/06 Perhaps even more so than before, the level

Computer Design’s Financial Portfolio Management System (FPM) now provides modular and integrated functions for the management and admin of hedge funds. According t