Navy Capital, a New York-based hedge fund focused on the rapidly growing global cannabis sector, has named Kevin S Gahwyler as President and Chief Financial Officer. Gahwyler has over 25 years of experience building and maintaining scaled investment platforms and
By Simon Gray – In 2009, when leaders of the G20 nations meeting in London were putting a priority on bringing offshore centres to heel as part of their efforts to resolve the global financial crisis and economic downturn, it
Conyers Dill & Pearman has hired a litigation lawyer in the Cayman Islands and five corporate lawyers across its Mauritius, Moscow, British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong offices, as the firm continues to strengthen its global practices. Ben Hobden joins
Backed by the strong track record of the EUR2bn PF (Lux) Absolute Return Global Diversified Fund, Pictet Funds has announced the launch of a lower-risk absolute return product, the PF (Lux
Jersey’s fund servicing industry has grown to USD225.9bn (GBP112.5bn) in 1,367 funds and sub-funds at the end of June, an increase of nearly 150 per cent from USD91.0bn (GBP59.7 billion) i
Quintillion has been appointed by Absolute Return Partners LLP (ARP) to provide administration services to the ARP Halkin Mortgage Funds PLC, which launched on 21 September 2011. The fund seeks to achieve capital appreciation and income on portfolios of Danish
Fitzwilliam Growth Fund, a fund of hedge funds provided by UK specialist wealth adviser BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management, has been ranked the best performing fund of hedge funds over
Alternative asset management group FM Capital Partners (FMCP), has secured a judgment against Frederic Marino, its former CEO, and former Julius Baer banker, Yoshiki Ohmura, in respect of multiple acts of fraud and corruption. The High Court judgment marks the
BroadRiver Asset Management, an investment manager of life settlements and other non-capital-markets assets, has appointed Tony Acquadro has Senior Director of Global Business Development. Acquadro will leverage the firm’s expertise in accessing and structuring non-correlated cash flows from life-contingent assets
Weeden Prime Services has appointed Frank Napolitani as president. In this role, Napolitani is responsible for leading the continued expansion of the company’s prime brokerage business focusing on hedge funds, registered investment advisers and family offices. "Prime services are
