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August
BNY Mellon Broker-Dealer Services appoints two to senior management posts
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Bats Europe is looking to offer trading of Depository Receipts (DRs) on the Bats Europe Integrated Book and Dark Book
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The event driven hedge fund strategy has fared well during the global financial crisis and, despite a difficult second quarter this year, looks set to continue outperforming other strategies
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UBS has appointed a director for the prime brokerage desk in Hong Kong
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The hedge fund association, AIMA is set to engage with US authorities on the Dodd-Frank Act
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Citigroup has appointed a director for hedge fund sales
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The ‘active vs passive’ debate has been a regular fixture in the fund management industry but it is now looking as if the rules are beginning to change with the development of new, smarter investment strategies that require investors to shoulder greater responsibility
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Morningstar, an independent research firm has released its hedge fund performance for July
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Deutsche Bank will launch its internal Hong Kong dark pool on August 23
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BNP Paribas has made two key appointments
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The Conifer Group has hired a Head of Fund Administration and Managing Director
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Emerging markets hedge funds experienced a net withdrawal of $1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2010
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Merlin Securities wins $1 billion mandate
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The Alternative Investment Management Association has urged European Union policymakers to push ahead with reforms of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives
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As hedge funds face skyrocketing borrow costs on securities transactions, a new offering by Paladyne aims to help
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Morgan Stanley has unveiled its first Ucits III complaint hedge fund
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Private-equity investment in the Nordic countries is poised to match a pre-crisis record
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In an attempt to widen LaSalle’s appeal among local institutional investors it has launched a new investment vehicle
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LGT Capital Partners and Solutio have rolled out a German private equity fund of fund
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Quvat Management is planning to launch its third private equity fund focusing on South-east Asia
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French asset manager, Carrousel Capital, has unveiled a quantitative hedge fund
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Hedge Funds underperform in broad-based market rally
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J. P. Morgan has launched a Dublin-domiciled fund
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Merlin Securities, a prime brokerage services and technology provider for hedge funds, has launched new reporting functionality
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The 2010 Greenwich Share Leaders in Canadian Fixed-Income winners named
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Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System to commit hundreds of millions to hedge fund managers
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BTIG has expanded its prime brokerage platform with two new hires
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Hedge fund data provider, Hedge Fund Research finds a return to Asia by investors
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European institutional investors last year sharpened their focus on higher returns, favouring real estate
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Oakley Capital, investment adviser to Oakley Capital Private Equity, has appointed a managing director
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Thomas Pütter, head of the private equity division, has quit from his current role at Allianz Capital Partners
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New York-based Northlight Financial is launching a credit focused fund
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July 2010 brought a significant increase in the value of private equity investment
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July
Bank of America is launching an electronic trading strategy that can automatically create shares of ETFs by buying and selling stocks and hedging with futures
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Goldman Sachs has launched a new clearing service for all listed and over-the-counter derivatives
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Partners Group will assist Korea Investment Corporation in investing in the real estate markets
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Fund of hedge funds manager Cem Habib has taken on a private equity role
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HSBC Holdings and Total have teamed up to offer energy derivatives to the bank’s clients
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HSBC Holdings and Total have teamed up to offer energy derivatives to the bank’s clients
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Orchid Asia Group Management is targeting to raise $600 million for its fifth fund, Orchid Asia V
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Japanese hedge fund firm Finnowave Investments is looking to quadruple its assets to $1.2 billion in about two years
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Trivest Advisors, formed by a trio of former Chinese traders, has raised $93 million for its first hedge fund
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UBS Global Asset Management has launched an alternative strategy fund
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Aberdeen Property Investors is planning to launch a fund investing in property funds in Asia Pacific
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Former executives from Citadel and CQS are setting up a hedge fund firm in New York and London
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KKR is looking to raise an $800 million China-focused fund
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Northern Trust has introduced daily independent valuations for complex over-the-counter (OTC) property derivatives
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Five Chicago trading firms have teamed up with CME Group to start a new derivatives exchange targeting the over-the-counter (OTC) market for interest-rate swaps
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HedgeServ has increased its ability to provide real-time valuation of illiquid and complex over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives using market data from SuperDerivatives
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Hedge funds came through the first half of this year with flat to slightly lower returns, putting them under pressure to improve.
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Hedge fund managers can look forward to a number of profitable opportunities in the second half of the year
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The Pension Protection Fund is seeking managers for its first allocation to alternative credit strategies
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New York-based C12 Capital Management will roll out its maiden hedge fund this autumn
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The Global Investor / isf Synthetic Finance Survey results have arrived
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Credit Suisse is planning to spin off two of its credit hedge funds
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Funds of hedge funds managers have continued to improve liquidity in portfolios, maintaining significant allocations to long/short equity hedge and global macro
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An ex-Goldman proprietary trader is looking to boost the assets of his new Japan-focused hedge fund to about $114 million
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Lloyds Banking Group is selling a portfolio of private equity investments in its Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance business
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Alternatives asset manager Duet Asset Management is unveiling a new commodities fund with a star trading team
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The former Asia head of the Children’s Investment Fund Management U.K. has raised millions for his hedge fund
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Macquarie Group, is combining its funds group with its alternative asset management
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Oakley Absolute Return, the flagship fund of specialist alternative asset manager Oakley Alternative Investment Management, has a new head of macro
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UK hedge fund manager RAB Capital has appointed the head of its Hong Kong-based office
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Eight applications to launch or market hedge funds in Norway as the country lifts a ban on sales to institutional investors
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Swedish state fund AP1 is seeking hedge fund partners to run a $1.5bn portfolio
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CITIC Capital Partners is looking to raise $340 million for its second fund targeting Japan
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The Strathclyde Pension Fund has appointed two new managers to handle its UK and global real estate portfolios
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June
JP Morgan’s global head of prime services will step down at the end of the year
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LaSalle Investment Management has floated its $750m open-ended UK property fund
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BNY Mellon selected to provide prime brokerage custody solution
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The overall value of all UK buyouts in the first half of 2010 has exceeded the 2009 full-year value by 45%
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IBK Securities has teamed up with Financial Risk Management to launch a fund of hedge funds in Korea
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Credit Suisse has appointed Stephen Foster as COO for the firm’s fund of hedge funds business
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LaSalle, a global real estate investment manager, has appointed its chief investment officer for Asia Pacific
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The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles has a new chairman
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Schroders has purchased a 49% stake in a hedge fund manager
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BlueCrest Capital has raised $520m for investing in its AllBlue fund of hedge funds
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Citi Capital Advisors is planning billions in fundraising for its private equity and hedge funds
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NewAlpha is planning to raise $249 million for its fourth seeding fund
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Libya is backing the launch of a hedge fund with hundreds of millions of dollars
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State Street has made enhancements to its derivatives servicing capabilities
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Barclays Capital has hired four to its international securities lending desk in the US.
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Morgan Stanley has started cash equity trading for securities listed on the BM&F Bovespa Exchange via direct market access (DMA) and algorithmic strategies
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BNP Paribas Securities Services has been granted clearing membership to begin offering clearing services in the listed derivatives products locally
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HSBC is seeking to spin off its buyout business globally
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Three former executives of KBC Alternative Investment have partnered to launch a hedge fund
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Phoenix Equity Partners has raised $660 million for its UK mid-market buyout fund
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The Alaska Permanent Fund has approved hundreds of millions to private equity investments
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Ex Morgan Stanley prime brokerage head to launch China hedge fund
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The California State Teachers’ Retirement System is set to make its debut investment in commodities
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Citi has boosted its Americas equity-derivatives desk
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EFG Hermes is aiming to raise $1.2 billion in the next 18 months through its private equity infrastructure fund
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Northern Trust has launched a compliance module to support UCITS funds-of-hedge funds
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May
China International Capital Corporation is looking to launch a $300 million private equity fund
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Morgan Stanley's Real Estate Fund VII has raised less than half its original target of $10 billion
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Independent research firm Morningstar has released its April performance numbers
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The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has postponed a ruling on how private equity firms should be taxed
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Hedge fund manager, Magnetar Capital, is looking to launch a new fund
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Later this year strict new tax rules surrounding the trading of derivatives will come into effect
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Canadian asset manager, RCM Partners, is rolling out a hedge fund
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The Russian hedge fund market, while still in its infancy, is facing more obstacles than it has advantages
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Scottish Widows hires an investment manager for its private equity team
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Harbour Litigation Funding has raised £60m to invest in UK-based commercial legal actions
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The European mezzanine business of Lehman Brothers has spun out as an independent entity
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Man Group, the biggest publicly traded hedge fund firm, has agreed to buy GLG Partners for $1.6 billion
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The top names in Royal Bank of Scotland’s prime services
business sit down with Craig MacDonald to discuss
the ever changing hedge fund environment and where
opportunity now sits.
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Liquidnet Holding will roll out dark pool trading in New Zealand in June
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The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced a modest +1.50% in April, according to Hennessee Group
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IKOS Asset Management is rolling out an Ucits-compliant version of its currency fund
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Ping An of China Asset Management launched its first ETF on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
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Partners Group’s secondaries fund has exceeded its $634.2 million target
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Dalton Investment Management has rolled out a fund investing in mortgage-backed securities
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Earth Capital Partners is planning to invest in timber plantations in Latin American countries
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Asian hedge fund managers have met increasing difficulty in finding capital for their new funds, according to new research
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Astorg Partners is planning a $1.32 billion fund raising this year
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Calastone has automated the reconciliation process for its mutual fund transaction network
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IFC Asset management has awarded a mandate for private equity fund administration
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Citco and OpHedge have joined forces in a new strategic partnership
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April
Analysts and investors have long avoided Russia but this is a mistake, for its economy is easily outperforming its BRIC rivals
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AIMA Singapore responds to the latest MAS consultation paper on proposed revisions to fund management regulatory regime
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Brazil’s Plural Capital is set to roll out three offshore funds
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Moonraker Fund Management believes the commodity story will continue in China as the country now switches its infrastructure development from the major cities of the Eastern seaboard to rural areas.
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Senator Charles Grassley has approved a derivatives bill by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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Banco Modal will set up a $1 billion private equity fund to invest in energy assets
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved the launch of Trend Exchange to trade futures related to box-office receipts
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Hilltop Fund Management, a London-based asset manager, has launched the All Weather Fund
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Institutional investors increasingly believe that emerging markets are attractive for private equity investment
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German state prosecutors have made arrests in a suspected fraud case linked to the K1 hedge fund group
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EQT Partners is weighing a $5.8 billion buyout fund
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Citadel Capital, a Cairo-based private equity firm, is looking closely at opportunities in Saudi Arabia
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Citigroup is selling its alternative investments business to SkyBridge
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Carlyle Group has received $2.6 billion in investments for its third Asian buyout fund
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Hedge fund assets increased by 13% in 2009 to $1.7 trillion, with potential for continued growth in 2010
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Advent International has closed a $1.65 billion private equity fund in Latin America
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BNY Mellon selected to provide derivatives collateral management services
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Deutsche Bank has appointed a new Head of Prime Brokerage and Derivatives Clearing for Global Rates.
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Hedge funds underperform as equity markets rally sharply
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BlueMountain Capital Management has collected more than $250 million for three hedge funds
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Deutsche Bank is establishing a new private equity business
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Gartmore and Hermes are planning a joint venture
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Citigroup has started Citi Algorithmic Trading, a platform for its institutional equity trading clients.
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Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is planning to raise the amount of money it allocates to alternative investments over the next three years.
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J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has rolled out a centralised over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives platform supporting its Global Derivatives Services business.
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The UK's Pension Protection Fund has hired seven private equity secondary firms to a panel for potential future investment
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March
Milwaukee City Employees’ Retirement System is looking to invest in global equity and alternatives.
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Sophis, has worked successfully with ABN AMRO in the Netherlands to build its new structured products business
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A Bahrain sovereign wealth fund is weighing the option of investing in the hedge fund sector
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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has acquired UK national lottery operator Camelot for £389 million
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Private equity firm 3i has collected $1.6 billion for a specialist growth capital fund
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Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers has rolled out an Ucits III-compliant fund of multi-strategy hedge funds
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is evaluating the use of derivatives by mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment firms
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The Pension Protection Fund is looking for about eight infrastructure managers to manage an undisclosed amount
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Beltone Private Equity will set up a $1 billion agricultural investment fund in Sudan
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Deutsche Bank and Hermes Investment Managers will together launch two Ucits III-compliant funds
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Standard Life Investments, the global fund manager, today announced that its clients will soon be able to access a wider range of alternative assets
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Investcorp is looking to raise $500 million for its new Gulf mezzanine fund
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Commodity futures indexes tracked by ETPs have delivered double-digit underperformance versus underlying spot prices
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Cheyne is launching Ucits III-compliant investment grade credit and arbitrage hedge funds
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Yale University endowment fund is cutting its target allocations in hedge funds in favour of private equity and real estate
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Chater Capital Advisors is rolling out the Chater Asia-Pacific Event-Driven Fund
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Belgian private equity firm, Gimv, has closed its $839 million Gimv-XL fund
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FTSE 100 companies are looking to fund their pension scheme deficits with non-cash assets, such as real estate, intellectual property or copyright
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Citigroup has announced the appointment of a new Global ETF Product Head in its Securities and Fund Services business.
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Eurex has received regulatory approval in Québec to provide its complete range of products in the Canadian province.
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Threadneedle Investments is planning to launch a Ucits III long/short US equity fund
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GoldenTree Asset Management has hired a 24 year Lehman veteran as a Partner and Member of the Executive Committee
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Matrix Property Middle East will roll out a GCC real estate fund this year
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The Pension Protection Fund is looking to invest in private equity
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An ex-Asia head of Deutsche Bank’s Saba proprietary trading desk, is planning to launch a hedge fund
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The long-term fund of the University of Sydney’s endowment will, for the first time, invest directly in hedge funds
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The Australian Securities Lending Association (ASLA) has released a comprehensive newsletter detailing key market events of the past 18 months.
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The real estate unit of Franklin Templeton is seeking to raise $300 million for its second Asian real estate fund
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Black’s Link Capital will launch an Asia hedge fund to trade securities affected by events, such as mergers
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EFG-Hermes is planning to float a private equity fund in Syria
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Global Investor/isf brings you all the top news from the 7th annual PASLA conference in Hong Kong.
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The 7th annual PASLA/RMA conference on Asian securities lending got underway today. Global Investor/isf is there and brings you the best of it.
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Global Investor/isf brings you all the top news from the 7th annual PASLA conference in Hong Kong.
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Global Investor/isf brings you all the top news from the 7th annual PASLA conference in Hong Kong.
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BBH has assigned two key staff to its Hong Kong office.
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Private equity firm Duke Street Capital is looking to raise about $1.4 billion for its seventh fund
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Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has launched the Franklin Templeton Asian Real Estate Fund 2
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State Street has announced the opening of its new Irish headquarters in Dublin.
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Stanley Fink, former chief executive of London-based Man Group, is to launch a computer-driven ‘black box’ fund
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Hennessee Group estimates that hedge fund industry assets increased by $751 billion in 2009 to $1.96 trillion
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Buyout firms are poised to spend $9 billion in Brazil on everything from infrastructure to oil exploration
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February
AEGON Asset Management launches UK Equity Absolute Return Fund
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NorthPoint gains access to ConvergEx's commission management technology.
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An Och-Ziff Capital Management and Goldman Sachs veteran, Frank Yu, has founded a China-focused private equity firm
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The consultancy, Kinetic Partners has openly welcomed the FSA's Hedge Fund Survey and Hedge Fund as a Counterparty Survey
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Carlyle Group is teaming up with Fosun to launch a renminbi fund
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Citigroup is in negotiations to sell its $4 billion hedge fund business.
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Neuberger Berman has sold its private funds placement business to Evercore Partners
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BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed a managing director for broker-dealer relations.
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Cielo has appointed Deutsche Bank as depositary bank for the sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme.
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Direct Access Partners is launching a new multi prime brokerage service
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The Ohio School Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) has committed about $120 million to four new hedge funds.
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Dominick Falco is one of the founding fathers of the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association. He tells Global Investor/isf about the evolution he has witnessed in both Asia and the association.
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Singapore fund manager Aisling Analytics is to launch a $300 million equity hedge fund
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BlackRock is planning to launch a credit hedge fund in Asia
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Singapore has had to bend to new global best practice and implement rules that go against a policy that has successfully built a hedge fund industry on the island
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Asia hedge funds are back in business only to discover that the barriers to entry are now much higher
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Religare has bought a majority stake in private equity firm Northgate.
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Al Rajhi Capital and Arcapita Bank have launched a $500 million fund
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CME Group has reshuffled its management team and boosted the team to run its developing index business.
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Hedge fund managers are taking action in a bid to reduce their risk exposure, a study of the industry has found.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will consider new short-sale restrictions on February.
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Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has been awarded a custody mandate.
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HSBC Prime Services has named a new global head of client service and integration
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South Africa is planning to regulate domestic private equity funds
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has won an account to provide custody, fund administration, shareholder services and performance analytics.
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A former Citigroup energy trader, has launched hedge fund firm
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The hedge fund industry has been through a transformational crisis and has come out with improved business and operational models
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KTOs Capital Partners is looking to invest in new Asian hedge funds
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Prime Rate Capital is looking to raise $250 million for an Islamic cash fund
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Knight Clearing Services, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, has implemented SunGard’s Loanet securities finance solution.
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Activist hedge fund, Laxey Partners, is planning to target investment trusts
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A former Goldman Sachs trader is looking to launch a new hedge fund firm
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Orchard Capital Partners has rolled out a new long/short fund
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Wermuth Asset Management is looking to raise $500 million by launching three Russian funds
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Bank of Communications launches private equity fund
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The Hedge Fund Standards Board has diversified its board member base by adding two hedge fund investors
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Hedge Fund Research has found that emerging Asia is leading the hedge fund recovery
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The US based hedge fund data provider, Hedge Fund Research is now tracking UCITS III offerings
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BTIG has continued its expansion of its fixed income platform
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A Danish fund is looking to make an investment in the hedge fund universe.
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The European Commission is standing strong on its AIFM directive.
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A leading advisor to hedge funds has released its January results
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Triton Partners has raised $3.06 billion for its European fund
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Apax Partners has stopped its staff from selling their stakes in its most recent buyout fund
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A Canadian plan is committing millions to private equity
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned a London based hedge fund manager and fined him £140,000
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The Spanish government is seeking stricter rules around alternatives
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State Street Corporation has agreed to pay compensation to investors which will total $663million.
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Quadriserv today announced key additions to the roster of financial institutions serving as approved members of the AQS marketplace.
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State Street Global Advisors has appointed a new global head of its cash business.
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Alinda Capital Partners has raised $4 billion for its second infrastructure fund
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Apollo Management is setting up an Asia Pacific property fund
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BNY Mellon today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire a leading provider of custody, fund accounting, transfer agency and outsourcing solutions for asset managers and financial advisors.
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Cordea Savills has appointed Northern Trust to provide fund accounting, custody and trustee services for its new fund
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Commerzbank has closed Comas, its fund of hedge funds management business
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Deutsche Bank has opened its first branch in the United Arab Emirates' capital, Abu Dhabi.
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Lunar Capital holds first close of its Shanghai-based private equity fund
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has opened an office for the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Vanguard has filed an application to launch an absolute return fund
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January
Religare Mutual Fund has launched a gold-backed fund in India
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The private equity investment unit of China’s CITIC Securities has raised $1.32 billion for its industrial investment fund
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Deutsche Bank and Barclays Global Investors respectively, have launched a boutique hedge fund
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Armajaro Asset Management has spun out a commodity-focused hedge fund
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Hermes Private Equity has rolled out an environmental fund in partnership with the UK government
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RBC Dexia has signed a contract to provide fund administration services in a variety of regions.
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Mirae Asset Global Investments has had its SICAV range of funds registerd for distribution in central European countries.
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New Horizon Capital is looking to raise $1 billion for a private equity fund
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President Obama’s plan could have a very significant impact on the alternatives industry.
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CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company has won a contract to deliver global custody and accounting services.
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Concord International is looking to raise $750 million from Japanese investors
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Land Securities is planning to invest in property-based derivative instruments
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Cordea Savills has launched a fund to buy prime assets in Britain’s commercial property market
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Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, today reported preliminary hedge fund performance for the fourth quarter and year-end 2009.
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Alfred Berg has made two key additions to its investment team.
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Two private equity firms have been appointed by a Texas fund.
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The European Commission undergoes new initiative
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Citi has won a mandate to provide a suite of fund of hedge fund administration services.
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The hedge fund industry continued its recovery from the financial crisis of 2008, a leading provider of hedge fund industry data revealed today.
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Leopard Capital is looking to roll out two new funds.
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State Street has won a new mandate providing a wide range of services
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Turkish firm to launch market neutral hedge fund
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Credit Suisse makes another strategic hire in Asia.
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Gartmore is setting up a long/short pan-European fund
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The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index recorded large gains in the last decade.
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The Dubai-based team of ING Investment Management is planning to roll out a frontier-market product
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has been selected by RMK Timberland Group to provide custody, fund administration and shareholder services for a Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) in Luxembourg.
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Allianz is planning to significantly increase investments in private equity, property and infrastructure, such as renewable energy assets.
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James Harpel and Kenneth Ginsburg have launched a new hedge fund firm, Althea Capital
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Finisterre launches EM fund for NY pension scheme
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Hazel Capital, the London-based specialist ‘cleantech’ investment manager, is launching the Hazel Global Cleantech Equity Fund, a Dublin-domiciled UCITS III fund
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Northern Trust has hired a new head for Northern's offshore Guernsey office.
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Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild is supporting a new Ucits III-compliant hedge funds venture
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Ant Capital Partners is looking to raise finances for a Japanese buyout fund in February
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Aviva Investors has raised more than £200 million for the Aviva Investors UK Real Estate Recovery Fund
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BC Partners is planning to raise $8.4 billion for leveraged buyouts in 2010
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Sri Wijegoonaratna is planning to set up a global macro hedge fund firm
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Proprietary trading firm First New York Securities has formed a new unit aimed at servicing asset management firms.
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Macquarie Group has launched a $408 million Mexican infrastructure fund in Mexico, with Mexico’s infrastructure fund, Fonadin, and seven Mexican pension funds.
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Thames River Capital has unveiled an Ucits III absolute return fund of funds with $77 million in assets under management
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Hedge fund manager, Tiresias Capital, is planning to launch its Asian fund in the first quarter of 2010
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Dalton Strategic Partnership is setting up a Ucits III-compliant hedge fund. The MST European fund will seek to get positive absolute returns, uncorrelated to bond and equity markets.
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Ex-chief fund manager at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Kunio Tomiyama, is looking to set up a Japan hedge fund by the end of 2010
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Icap Equities has rolled out an algorithmic trading system
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MFC Global Investment Management (Asia) has hired a head of Asia-Pacific equities.
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Wells Fargo Funds Management and Evergreen Investment Management are planning mutual fund product offering changes.
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CR Property Advisers is launching a $485.43 million buy-to-let fund. The CR Property fund, to be unveiled on Jan.14, will be managed by British Land.
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Carlyle Group is planning a renminbi-denominated fund and has partnered with the Beijing municipal government for the same
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Mike Nawas and Steve Curry have launched Bishopfield Capital Partners, a London-based European structured finance boutique
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Northern Trust has been appointed by FF&P Asset Management to provide custody and fund administration services.
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Hong Kong-based SAIL Advisors is looking to launch a $200-300 million fund
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Sanders Capital has been added to the investment advisory team of Vanguard’s largest actively managed equity fund, the $35 billion Vanguard Windsor II Fund.
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Volition Capital has been spun out of the Boston-based investment team of Fidelity Investments’ venture unit, Fidelity Ventures
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Aberdeen Asset Management Asia’s equities chief in Singapore will resign this year.
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Citigroup has unveiled an end-to-end service for European Union domiciled hedge funds.
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Citigroup First Investment Management (CFIM) has floated a new fund targeting greater China equities.
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Feri Institutional Advisors has won a $1.1 billion risk-overlay mandate.
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Investec Asset Management has rolled out three Luxembourg-based Ucits III funds.
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Financier, Hugh Osmond, is looking to raise $804.4 million for a distressed asset fund.
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Atom Capital Management is planning to roll out a new Japan-focused hedge fund in March
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BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services has been appointed by Swiss Capital Alternative Investments AG to provide fund administration and custody services for its Irish domiciled fund of managed accounts.
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Louisbourg Investments has selected an investor services provider.
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The average pension fund trustee will be looking at returns of 15%, while charity trustees will enjoy returns of around 19%.
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Veritas Asset Management is restructuring one of its absolute return funds
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Hennessee Group, a consultant and adviser to direct investors in hedge funds, has announced it was a good year for the industry.
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Legal & General Investment Management is looking to raise $1 billion for its third hedge fund
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New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, has raised about $2.5 billion for its thirteenth fund
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RBS has appointed Galen Moore as head of EDF market access product, Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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Riverside Partners has closed its fourth fund with $406 million, exceeding its target of $250 million.
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The equity market rally that began in March 2009 will continue in 2010, but the market’s rise will be less steep than last year.
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Lazard Asset Management has floated an actively managed mutual fund that targets infrastructure companies
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Penjing Asset Management and Asia Alternative Asset Partners have entered a joint venture to raise investment capital for start-up hedge funds
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The Euroclear Board announced today that Tim Howell has accepted the board’s offer to become chief executive officer of the company.
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Custodians have always been serious about post-investment risks in local markets, but they need to use their knowledge and influence wisely.
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Onex, a Toronto-based buyout firm, will boost its stake in its latest fund by 60%.
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London-based DAR Capital Group will roll out its film funding business in the first half of 2010
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Two ex-PAI Partners executives are planning to jointly launch a new vehicle