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The second Channel Islands International Business Summit will focus on Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global Growth and cover some of the major issues which impact financial sector professionals, globally.
Confirmed speakers include: Roger Bootle, City Economist; Tajinder Singh, Deputy Secretary General, IOSCO; Paul Mortimer-Lee, Global Head of Market Economics, BNP Paribas; Jon Moulton, Chairman, Better Capital LLP, Helena Morrissey (pictured), CEO Newton Investment Management.
For more information and to register go to www.cisx.com/summit
Date: 10 September 2010
Venue: Hotel De France, Jersey, Channel Islands
Time: 9am – 5:15pm
Cost: £175 per person
- 23/06/2010
William Davies, Head of European Equities, Threadneedle, examines the prospects for Europe against a backdrop of austerity packages.
The difficulties facing peripheral European economies are well-documented, with austerity packages in markets such as Greece, Spain and the UK likely to subdue activity over the medium term as taxes rise and job security falls. However, the global economy is recovering and emerging markets in particular are continuing to deliver robust levels of growth. This provides a good backdrop for global demand in a number of industries.
Much has been made of the weakness of the euro, and it is certainly true
- 22/06/2010
- 22/06/2010
Equinox Capital Markets, the alternative investment marketing organisation, has appointed Daniel Gormont as an institutional sales associate.
Gormont joins a team dedicated to marketing, sales and business development solutions for alternative investment managers both in the US and internationally.
Gormont will be responsible for marketing a select group of hedge funds, commodity trading advisors, and other specialised asset managers including Equinox Fund Management, an affiliated company, to a variety of US institutions.
John Gallagher, president of Equinox Capital Markets, says: "We are building out a very able, accomplished and competitive capital raising team. Dan Gormont’s appointment substantially increases our reach
- 22/06/2010
Credit Suisse and Dow Jones Indexes have signed an agreement covering the calculation, licensing, branding and marketing of the hedge fund indexes formerly known as the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Indexes.
Under this agreement, the indexes will be branded Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Indexes, and will be calculated, distributed and marketed by Dow Jones Indexes. Credit Suisse affiliates will continue to manage the financial products linked to the indexes while Credit Suisse and Dow Jones Indexes intend to keep the methodologies and rules for each of the existing indexes consistent with past practices.
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse
- 22/06/2010
RHJ International has agreed with KBC Asset Management to buy KBC Asset Management Dublin for a total upfront cash consideration of EUR23.7m, subject to closing adjustments.
The seller will also receive 50 per cent, with a maximum of EUR3.5m, of a potential future capital reduction at KBC Asset Management Dublin.
KBC Asset Management Dublin is an asset management firm which manages approximately EUR4bn of discretionary assets for institutional clients.
It offers equity products in three core areas: environmental equities, dividend oriented equities and multi assets strategies.
Leonhard Fischer, chief executive officer of RHJ International, says: “We are very pleased to
- 22/06/2010
Hermes Fund Managers, an asset manager offering investment solutions for institutional clients, has selected client communications specialists Equipos to deliver its enterprise-wide client reporting infrastructure.
Hermes will use Equipos Coric to automate the production of client reports and streamline client communications.
The Coric suite enables end-to-end management of the client reporting process while providing dashboard control and workflow automation. Coric puts control of the reporting process into the hands of the client servicing team, enabling rapid response to ever-changing client reporting requirements.
Philip Keeler, executive director – operations and IT at Hermes Fund Managers, says: "When looking for a comprehensive
- 22/06/2010
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed an action in the federal court in Austin, Texas, charging Richard D. Theye and his company, Micind Capital Management, with fraud in connection with running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
On 17 June, the CFTC also filed a motion for a statutory restraining order to freeze the defendants’ assets and prohibit the destruction of books and records.
The SRO motion also requests that the court order the defendants to make a full accounting of all funds received by and paid to investors. The court scheduled a hearing on the CFTC’s motion for
- 22/06/2010
Hewitt Associates, a consulting and outsourcing company, says hedge funds should no longer be seen as just an alternative asset class and urges pension funds to consider long/short equity managers as part of their overall equity allocation.
Guy Saintfiet, senior hedge fund researcher at Hewitt Associates, says: “We have been a strong advocate of the use of hedge funds in pension fund portfolios for a number of years and have recently seen increased demand for hedge funds from our clients. We believe that the step to include long/short equity is a natural progression from, and complement to, unconstrained active equity
- 22/06/2010
Financial services firm Brown Brothers Harriman has expanded its EMEA securities lending team with the addition of four senior executives.
David Lewis, Jacqueline Waller, Céline Emond and Samantha Peppiatt have joined BBH’s team to focus on relationship management and business development activities across the EMEA region.
"The shift in beneficial owner sentiment towards customised, intrinsic value lending programs is leading to significant new business for our program across regions. Our EMEA business in particular has grown significantly in recent months as beneficial owners move into our program from exclusive arrangements and other agent lending programs," says Keith Haberlin, head
- 22/06/2010
Riley Paterson Investment Management, a Singapore-based hedge fund manager with USD340m of assets under management, has implemented Paladyne Portfolio Master as its fully-hosted front-to-back-office solution.
Paladyne Portfolio Master offers a combination of order management and portfolio management functionality, and may either be installed on-site or delivered via Paladyne’s hosting platform, Paladyne ASP.
Riley Paterson uses Paladyne Portfolio Master for order management, compliance, real-time profit and loss monitoring, portfolio management, NAV reporting, and automated reconciliation to its prime brokers.
Additionally, Paladyne Portfolio Master includes out-of-the-box integration with Riley Paterson’s direct execution brokers and their preferred execution management system, Bloomberg EMSX.
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- 22/06/2010
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