The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed and simultaneously settled charges against Cantor Fitzgerald of New York, a registered futures commission merchant, for failing to maintain sufficient funds in its customer segregation account for a period of three days,
The Greenwich Roundtable has released a white paper describing how investors can manage complexity of alternative investments to improve their returns. The Greenwich Roundtable is a leading not-for-profit research and educational organization comprised largely of institutional investors overseeing collectively USD2.2
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, has acquired RSRCHXchange, a marketplace and aggregator for institutional research. Liquidnet will now be able to deliver relevant, actionable insights directly to investment teams through the Liquidnet platform. Following its acquisition of OTAS Technologies
Ben Eaton has joined Goodwin Procter as a partner in the firm’s London office. Eaton (pictured) comes to Goodwin from Allen & Overy in London. As a member of the firm’s tax practice, Eaton’s initial focus will be on tax
Asia’s hedge fund industry isn’t in the best shape heading into 2012 and things aren’t expected to get much better according to an article on <
Alternative strategies within a Ucits framework continued to see improving demand in the third quarter, with growth in both the number of funds and assets under management, according to the Alceda Quarterly Ucits review produced by independent structuring specialist Alceda
The AIM-quoted investment group China Private Equity Investments Holdings Limited (CPE) has agreed to develop a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-based Gen2 Capital Partners Limited, an independent asset management firm with assets under management of approximately USD500million. The move is
PwC and Elwood Asset Management (Elwood) have published a report examining the global crypto hedge fund landscape. The report is based on data from research in the first quarter of 2019 on 100 of the largest global crypto hedge funds
Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS) has launched the Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices, a set of four regional and two global indices of long/short equity hedge funds. The regional long/short equity indices cover developed Asia, emerging markets, North America
Eamonn McConnell and John H Walker have joined Kensington Capital Partners as managing directors. McConnell has lead responsibility for the Kensington Hedge Fund, while Walker leads Kensington’s infrastructure business. Together with current Kensington managing directors Tom Kennedy and Rick Nathan,
