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The 100 Women in Hedge Funds New York Gala has raised USD1.6m in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the oldest and largest youth mentoring organisation in the US.
Since its inception in 2001, 100WHF has raised close to USD20m for philanthropic causes in the areas of women’s health, education and mentoring.
Each year, 100WHF’s board of directors selects one or two charitable organisations in the US and Europe to be the organisation’s philanthropic focus. Charities are chosen on a rotating basis across the areas of women’s health, mentoring and education, with funds raised in 2010 supporting mentoring.
Merrion Investment Managers has reduced the annual management charge on the Merrion European Absolute Return Fund.
The fee reduction from 1.5 per cent to 0.5 per cent applies to investments over EUR5m made before 31 December 2010.
The lower rate will remain in effect for the duration of the investment and will also apply to any subsequent additional investments in the fund.
The fund, which recently announced its first external investor, opened for investment in June 2010 and has grown to USD20m returning 9.5 per cent in the first five months. This figure is in line with the fund’s
Further evidence that Japan’s pension funds are attracting the overtures of fund managers looking to attract new assets comes from the news this week that New York-based AIFAM Inc. is
London-based global asset manager, Threadneedle, the international investment arm of Ameriprise Financial, have this week
Japanese hedge fund, KTOs Capital Partners Co., has hired industry veteran Bill Lipschutz
Having already launched the Bright China Opportunity Fund last year, E Fund Management (HK) Co. now has its sights set firmly on raising up to USD500million for a pair of new funds du
Nikko AM, one of Japan’s largest asset managers with USD120billion in AUM (as of September 2010), announced this we
BTIG, a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, has launched a global futures trading desk led by Robert Gagnon, who joins as head of futures sales and trading.
The desk will include new hires Suraj Raythatha and Allison Carley.
The desk is staffed by traders with an average of more than ten years of experience in futures, and provides access to 35+ global markets and more than 1,500 products. This includes specialty markets such as the London Metals Exchange and the energy complex, both listed products and OTC.
“Of the 1,800 institutional clients that trade with
The global financing markets are headed for a revival over the next 12 months, with a slower recovery expected in Europe, according to a survey of capital providers conducted by law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in association with mergermarket and Debtwire.
The survey revealed that increased lending activity, heightened competition from non-traditional lenders and new financing structures are driving renewed optimism in the global financing markets.
Based on a series of interviews with over 125 capital providers in North America, Europe and Asia, including banks, private equity firms, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds, “The Future of
Societe Generale has launched a Ucits fund solution for fund managers setting up or redomiciling funds under Ucits regulations.
The new service combines the custody, trustee, administration, execution and finance tools required to set up Ucits compliant funds, along with the core services required to operate them.
This new solution has been developed by teams from Societe Generale Securities Services and Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking.
It offers access to independent assistance on corporate and operational infrastructure, Societe Generale Securities Services’ custody, trustee and administration services, and synthetic shorting via Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking’s Dynamic Portfolio
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