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Aoifinn Devitt, Portfolio Manager of the City Financial Asian Absolute Growth Fund, comments on faltering economic growth in China…
“Pre-emptive moves by the Chinese government to contain inflation, via both interest rates and RRR hikes, are starting to bite. Although the investment managers that we follow would agree that it is too early to declare victory over inflation in the country.
“Latest manufacturing figures indicate that growth momentum, while more subdued than before, remains strong and they are likely to give cheer to investors who have become considerably more concerned regarding the sustainability of that growth, leading Chinese markets
- 03/06/2011
- 03/06/2011
David Goldstein and Gerald Rokoff, both formerly with White & Case LLP, have joined DLA Piper as partners in New York. Goldstein joins the firm’s global Finance Group and will lead the Investment Funds Practice. Rokoff joins the Tax Group.
“With the addition of David and Jerry, DLA Piper deepens its investment funds bench and creates a significant opportunity to develop a holistic practice representing private equity and hedge funds in their most complex transactions,” says Roger Meltzer (pictured), Global Chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate and Finance Practice. “Their collective experience further enhances our full service approach to representing
- 03/06/2011
Man Group plc’s Hong Kong-based quantitative managed futures manager, AHL, has seen its staff headcount double to make it one of t
- 02/06/2011
Following the merger of the two law firms Collas Day in Guernsey and Crill Canavan in Jersey two months ago – renaming themselves as Collas Crill &n
- 02/06/2011
- 02/06/2011
Stanley Ku, the former Hong Kong head of Fortress Investment Group is getti
- 02/06/2011
Hong Kong’s high court today (June 2) said that it would rule within two weeks on whether to ban New York-based hedge fund Tiger Asia<
- 02/06/2011
Order book turnover on Xetra and on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange stood at EUR136.5 billion in May – a decrease by 16 per cent year-on-year (May 2010: EUR163,5 billion).
Of the EUR136.5 billion, EUR130.8 billion was attributable to Xetra which registered a decline of 16 per cent y-o-y (May 2010: EUR155.5 billion). EUR5.7 billion was attributable to floor trading in Frankfurt, a decrease of 29 per cent y-o-y (May 2010: EUR8 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totaled EUR2.4 billion in May, making it 50 per cent higher y-o-y (May 2010: EUR1.6 billion).


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- 02/06/2011
- 02/06/2011
John M Courtright (pictured) has been promoted to president of Peregrine Asset Management, Inc, having served as managing director since 2008. In his new role, Courtright will lead Peregrine Asset Management’s Portfolio Management Committee, of which he has been a member since its inception.
Peregrine Asset Management, Inc is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a Commodity Pool Operator and a Commodity Trading Advisor.
Mark Lishchynsky will now serve as President of Peregrine Diversified Investment Services Corp (PDIV), an SEC-Registered Investment Adviser.
Both companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. (PFGBEST).
Neil J Aslin, until
- 02/06/2011
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal court order requiring defendants Richmond Hamilton, Jr, and Raleigh Capital Management, Inc (RCM), a Chicago-based registered commodity pool operator, to pay jointly and severally a USD3,015,000 civil monetary penalty. The order also requires Hamilton to pay restitution of USD1,005,000.
The order prohibits Hamilton and RCM from engaging in any commodity-related activity within the jurisdiction of the CFTC, including trading and registering with the CFTC in any capacity.
The permanent injunction order, entered by the Honorable Charles R Norgle, Sr, of the US District Court for the Northern District
- 02/06/2011
NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global hedge fund incubation specialist, has announced its 16th strategic investment with PAMLI Capital management (PAMLI), a New York-based hedge fund management firm focused on global credit investments with assets under management in excess of USD100 million.
PAMLI was founded by Faisal Syed, former Portfolio Manager of Highbridge Capital’s Credit Relative Value strategy and Co-Portfolio Manager of Highbridge’s Fixed Income Opportunity Fund. At Highbridge, Syed managed peak combined assets of USD1.2 billion and generated positive annual returns every year from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Highbridge, Syed worked in proprietary trading groups at JPMorgan
- 02/06/2011
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