Edinburgh-based Martin Currie has parted company with its top Asia fund manager, Chris Ruffle, following an investigation into a conflict of intere
Simon Hopkins (pictured), founder of Fortune Asset Management, the UK-based hedge fund investor sold to Close Brothers in 2006, has re-emerged as the founder of Singapore-based Milltrust International Group, an emerging markets investment platform focused on Asia, Africa and Latin
Collas Crill has opened the doors to its new Singapore office – making it the first Channel Islands-based law firm to do so. Sean Cheong, formerly a partner in Collas Crill’s Guernsey office, has relocated to Singapore to head up
Oddo Asset Management is stepping up its development and launching a dedicated M&A alternative management activity. This absolute performance strategy mainly consists of investing in companies which are takeover targets, taking advantage of the difference between the share price and
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is appointing Christine Lie as Senior Vice President and Head of Listings (China) effective 1 November. Lie will lead ongoing efforts to help companies from China tap the international capital market. She will also drive efforts to
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority has appointed Yousef Abdulla Fakhroo as director of marketing and corporate communications. Fakhroo was previously global communications manager at Qatar Petroleum International. He has also held senior marketing and communications positions at RasGas and
NYSE Euronext, a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of trading technologies, announced this week that NYSE Liffe, its global deriva
The former Asia head of JP Morgan’s hedge fund firm Highbridge Capital Management, Carl Huttenlocher (pictured), who left the firm in March 2011 to
Singapore-based volatility hedge fund manager Stephen Diggle (pictured), who re-launched as Vulpes Investment Management after liquidating the Artr
Agincourt Capital, a global real estate funds management company based in Hong Kong and with offices in London and Australia, today (14 July) launched its RMB-denominated conver
