The Assured Fund, a US senior traded life policy fund managed by Policy Selection, has reported growth in assets of 94 per cent over the past 12 months, while the number of policies held b

Fortis Prime Fund Solutions has appointed Edith Ngan as regional managing director for Asian operations, in charge of its offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.

European Central Counterparty has received approval as a UK-recognised clearing house by the Financial Services Authority, solidifying its position as a competitive, low-cost alternative f

Triple A Partners has made its second investment after entering the seeding and distribution business by providing an initial USD25m for

Stenham Asset Management has publicly launched the Stenham Global Resources Fund, which it has been running internally since July 2006.

BlackRock has been tapped by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help manage the USD30bn portfolio of Bear Stearns, which is being acquired by JPMorgan Chase, now for USD1.2bn.

The London Metal Exchange has launched a Cleared Average Price Swap (Caps) service, offering a monthly average price swap settled in cash against the exchange’s underlying non-ferrous meta

Tabb Group, a London- and New York-based research and advisory firm focused solely on capital markets, has launched the Tabb Derivatives Service, offering access to what it describes as cu

Société Générale Index and Orbeo have launched the SGI – Orbeo Carbon Credit Index, designed to offer institutional investors, asset managers and private banks

GlobeOp Financial Services, an independent provider of administration services including business process outsourcing, financial technology and analytics to hedge fund and other asset mana