A careful assessment of a hedge fund board’s role can help ensure alternative fund investors receive governance benefits that justify board expenses, according to a white paper by The Regulatory Fundamentals Group (RFG). The paper, "The Unasked Question: Fund Directors
Rethinking the cloud, a heightened call for operational freedom and an arms race to scale will be industry-defining issues for the alternative asset management industry in 2013, according to Gravitas, a co-sourcing platform providing cloud technology, co-sourcing and risk support
International Asset Management, a fund of hedge fund investment manager, has appointed Nan Mead as vice president of client development. Based in IAM’s New York office, Mead will report to head of client development and marketing Andrew Cade. She has
SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services has appointed Malcolm Hassan as managing director of business development and marketing. Based in SANNE’s London office, Hassan will oversee business development alongside brand & market positioning across its global
An income producing asset class with the potential to pay up to nine per cent a year has been launched in the UK. The Secured Life Fund, designed for large pension fund and institutional investors, is constructed to produce regular
Bill Hwang’s Tiger Asia Management LLC has pleaded guilty in a federal insider-trading case in New Jersey and is to pay more than USD60million to settle criminal and civil charges reported Fox News this week. The criminal case alleges that
China’s shift towards a domestic consumer demand-oriented economy could provide a significant boost to the global shipping industry, as the world’s second largest economy targets more sustainable growth, says Xu Lirong, President of China Shipping (Group) Company… 2013 will be
BrokerTec, ICAP’s global electronic fixed income trading platform, and MTS, a fixed income electronic trading venue that is majority-owned by London Stock Exchange Group, have launched the RepoFunds Rate daily repo index for eurozone sovereign bonds. RepoFunds Rate, the first
Strategic Investments Group and Permal Group have launched the Active Trading Fund, a Ucits III absolute return multi-manager fund. Deutsche Bank collaborated in the development of the fund, which launched on 14 May with USD250m. It is the first alternative
Ocorian’s recently-appointed Head of Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Jean-Marie Bettinger, has further strengthened his local leadership team with the appointment of two well-known figures in the fund administration and depositary market – Graham Dew and Yves Cheret. Dew (pictured) joins
