Ramius, the investment management business of Cowen Group, is to enter into a long-term extension of its partnership with portfolio managers Norman Milner and D Richard Dowdle. Thomas W Strauss (pictured), president and chief executive of Ramius, says: “It is
Scout Investments, an investment management firm and affiliate of Carillon Tower Advisers, has appointed Timothy Burger, CFA, as a senior analyst on the firm’s Small Cap team. Based in Scout’s Kansas City headquarters, Burger joins the team led by James
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished October down 0.18 per cent, with five out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated inflows of approximately USD3.9bn in October,
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2012 measured 5.19 per cent, up from 3.19 per cent in October. "In line with seasonal expectations, we had higher forward redemption requests in November due to investor rebalancing," says Bill Stone,
Apex Fund Services has expanded its private equity services following regulatory approval to open an office in Guernsey. Apex’s fund managers, particularly in the LATAM, Middle East and Asian emerging markets, continue to demonstrate their growing demand for private equity
Fund administrator Kaufman Rossin Fund Services (KRFS) has introduced a new service designed to assist SEC-registered investment advisers of private funds in meeting their Form PF obligations. Form PF was adopted as part of a new rule which was unanimously
PanXchange, an OTC physical commodity exchange and price discovery platform for products including industrial hemp and frac sand, has added senior industry executive Andy Bose to its board of advisers. Bose will play a key role in driving important new
John Ho’s Hong Kong-based Janchor Partners Pan Asian Fund generated an estimated 8.7 per cent in 2011 reported Bloomberg this week.
Revere Capital Advisors, the London and New York-based emerging hedge fund manager, has launched a marketing and business development consultancy for early-stage hedge funds. The REM Marketing Solutions team is based in London and has marketing, sales, product management and
“I’m managing a fund in what has been, for the last three years, the most unpopular asset class, in the least popular region, Europe,” says Michael Browne (pictured), tongue in cheek. Browne co-manages the Martin Currie European Equity Long/Short Strategy
