The partners of global law firm K&L Gates and Australian national firm Middletons have voted unanimously to combine firms effective 1 January 2013. The addition of Middletons’ 300 lawyers and four offices – in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane –
Eurasia Capital, a Hong Kong-based investment bank, and MonBiz Media have launched the MonBiz Hong Kong Index, which includes Mongolia-related companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mongolia possesses world class resources in copper, coal, gold, uranium and other
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) has appointed new Global Association and London board members and created a new 100WHF Advisory Council. Mimi Drake, president of Permit Capital Advisors and global chair of the 100WHF association board, says: “We are
Citi has been awarded an expanded mandate from Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors to provide administration services for five additional hedge funds. Citi’s total hedge fund mandate with Kayne Anderson now includes seven funds and over USD2bn in assets under administration.
GlobeOp Financial Services has been appointed to provide investment management operations outsourcing services for European Credit Management, a specialist asset manager and subsidiary of Wells Fargo with approximately EUR12.1bn (UD15bn) in assets under management. GlobeOp, which has completed more than
RBC Global Asset Management has launched RBC BlueBay Absolute Return Fund, a fixed income mutual fund sub-advised by BlueBay Asset Management, a specialist fixed income and alternative asset manager. The fund is available to institutional and high-net-worth investors across the
Eurex Exchange, the derivatives arm of Deutsche Börse Group, has launched what it believes to be the world’s most advanced trading system. Participants of Eurex Exchange will benefit from significantly improved performance, more choice and enhanced functionalities. “We believe this
Permal Investment Management Services has appointed Andrew Rozanov as managing director, head of sovereign advisory. Rozanov joined on 1 July and is responsible for developing Permal’s relationships with sovereign wealth funds, as well as further enhancing the group’s portfolio construction
Alternative Road Investment Advisers, Belvedere Asset Management and LJM Funds Management will advise new alternative mutual funds through Two Roads Shared Trust, a shared mutual fund trust open to new advisers effective 1 November 2012. Two Roads is designed to
The total trading volume on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) natural gas market amounted to 7,388,020 MWh in November. The spot market accounted for 3.474,450 MWh and the derivatives market for the other 3.913,570 MWh. The daily reference price on
