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Gottex Fund Management has made two key legal appointments — new General Counsel William Woolverton and Legal
Conor O’Mara outlines the investment processes that drive the HSBC Global Technology Fund, which was launched on 1 September 2005.
HW: What is the backgroun
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has put out a statement clarifying its position with regard to its clearing member, Refco, LLC.
The CME stated: “CME provides a marketplace where futures and options on futures contracts are traded. The CME Clearing House clears, settles and guarantees all matched transactions in CME contracts and contracts traded through the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The financial integrity of the CME Clearing House is the foremost consideration of the CME’s Management, Board of Directors and Clearing House Risk Committee. CME is vitally aware of its role in international financial markets and believes that its
Refco finally filed for bankruptcy protection this week and agreed to sell its core futures brokerage business for USD 768m.
The bidders include an investor group&n
Event-Driven and Equity Hedge strategies were the top asset gatherers in Q3 but the emerging markets sector was the best performer, up 10 per cent.
New fund flows i
Edward Feigeles, has joined Knight Capital alumni Walter Raquet and John Cunningham as a principal in their managed accounts shop, WR Capital.
Feigeles, former mana
MSCI Barra, the provider of benchmark indices and risk analytics products, has hired Philippe Ballet as Managing Director and head of its business in Japan.
Ballet
GAIM Paragon, a 50.1 per cent-owned subsidiary of London-based Integrated Asset Management, has sold its Israeli operation to Clal Finance.
Charlemagne Capital has launched a Sterling share class for its Magna Global Emerging Markets Fund (MGEM).
The Sterling denominated B Shares will seek to obtain dis
Singapore-based traders can now trade directly on Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange.
Eurex was granted recognized market operator status by the Moneta
