New York-based asset management firm Malbec Partners, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, has recruited two experienced investment teams for its recently-launched alternative investment platform.

Richard Heller, a partner with the law firm Thompson Hine, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Hedge Fund Association, an international non-profit association of hedge fund

Oxford Funding Corporation, which is planning to raise USD100m for a fund dedicated to acquiring portfolios of home loans from banks and large mortgage lenders at generous discounts, has a

A total of 400 Specialised Investment Funds, the alternative investment vehicle launched by Luxembourg last February to boost its role as a domicile beyond traditional long-only funds, hav

Privately-owned Halcyon Asset Management and Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corporation have announced that Halcyon will become accessible via a listing on the New York Stock Exc

Aim-listed hedge fund manager RAB Capital, a significant shareholder in Northern Rock, has announced net profits for 2007 not much changed from the previous year, with a rise of 3 per cent

Private equity firm the Carlyle Group has denied that its other areas of business will be affected by the collapse of Carlyle Capital Corporation, a publicly traded mortgage-backed securit

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a USD10m civil monetary penalty in a consent order settling charges against Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas and three of its subsidi

Although top-tier sell-side broker dealers have invested millions of dollars since the mid-1990s developing automated processing for their burgeoning OTC derivatives businesses, many other

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) have entered a cooperation agreement to jointly develop and explore new opportunities in trading systems and other related techno