Houston-based Pinnacle Alternative Investments, a third party marketing and business consulting firm for hedge fund managers, is launching its second hedge fund investor database product o

The commercial mortgage-backed securities and multi-family bond market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa continued growing sharply in the first half of this year, with issuance of EUR3

Invesco has launched a new institutional portable alpha strategy that combines traditional international equity index exposure with the firm’s global tactical asset allocation capability.<

Standard & Poor’s has announced that its credit ratings will be made available to the hedge fund community through Sky Road’s integrated technology platform.

Spectrum Global Fund Administration, a provider of administration and middle office services to hedge funds and funds of funds with more than USD30bn in assets, has appointed Sasi K Digava

Ogier partner and funds specialist Richard Thomas has succeeded Gary Clark, who has stepped down as chairman of the Jersey Funds Association after three years. Thomas, who practised at Slaughter & May in London before joining Ogier, has extensive knowledge of investment funds, securitisation, special purpose vehicles and advising on banking and corporate matters. He worked on some of the first European securitisation deals in the late 1980s and 1990s and has been actively involved in the creation of Jersey’s regime for protected and incorporated cell companies. ‘I am looking forward to continuing the excellent work that Gary carried out,

DWS Scudder, the US retail division of Deutsche Asset Management, has launched the DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus Fund, an open-ended mutual fund that seeks capital appreciation by