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M2M Management has launched the first physical and futures maritime freight fund, Global Maritime Investments Ltd (GMI).
Harcourt Investment Consulting AG has launched Belmont Asset Based Lending Ltd, its first fund of funds fully dedicated to asset based lending strategies.
The fund was launched in July 2006 and will allow investors to achieve ultimate diversification benefits and a high level of stability, given the low correlation of the strategy with the equity and fixed income markets. Harcourt Investment Consulting AG has been an active investor in the asset based lending space for a number of years. The launch of the new fund is a logical step given that the firm has uncovered many niche ABL hedge funds
Tritone Capital Management has launched the TCM Global Strategy Fund LP, a global commodities hedge fund.
Gareth Quinn has joined SunGard’s Enterprise Solutions group as managing director of alternative investments.
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has appointed Hazel Pitchers as Head of Institutional Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
European real estate and financing bank Credit Foncier has opened a London office with the aim of attracting British investors looking to purchase property in France.
MSCI Barra is to launch a global family of indices designed to reflect the performance of the high dividend yield opportunity set.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has confirmed that LMEmini contracts for copper, aluminium and zinc will launch on 20 November 2006.
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has appointed James Blair as Head of Official Institutions, Asia Ex Japan.
Butterfield Bank is entering the Swiss private banking market with its establishment of a new wholly owned subsidiary in Switzerland.
