Apex Fund Services (UK) Limited has received authorisation by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a Fund Operator. As a Fund Operator, Apex’s UK office is now one of a small number of administrators in the country that is
Alternative Investment Group, a USD1.5 billion alternative investment management firm that invests globally in long/short equity strategies, has appointed Joel Gantcher (pictured) as Managing Director, Head of Manager Research, and Samuel Sussman as Managing Director, Head of Investment Strategy, effective
One of the misconceptions about Luxembourg is that it is a newcomer to the hedge fund industry with the launch of the Specialised Investment Fund vehicle earlier this year.
The European asset management sector is currently experiencing a convergence between traditional and alternative asset management styles.
Switzerland-based LGT Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of KGR Capital, a Hong Kong-based manager of Asian funds of hedge funds.
The European Energy Exchange and the international derivatives exchange Eurex have announced plans to co-operate to offer trading in carbon emissions through the Eurex system, which they b
By Bronwyn King (pictured) and Alex Last – Despite (or perhaps because of) global market volatility, the appetite of fund managers for all things Chinese, from investing in offshore RMB to trading on the domestic capital markets, continues apace. Recently,
EIM Management USA, the US affiliate of the Swiss-based EIM fund of hedge funds group, has announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with Daiwa Fund Consulting, the Tokyo-base
Direct Access Partners has launched ETF Liquid providing a centralised source of aggregated liquidity in the overnight market for Exchange Traded Funds. ETF Liquid offers enhanced pricing and greater market depth for Direct Access Partners’ institutional client base. The group
Schroders warned of a bleak economic outlook for the UK in 2012 at its annual crystal ball breakfast meeting hosted by Alan Brown, Group CIO and Azad Zangana, European Economist in London this week. The overriding opinion of Schroders is
