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September
Credit Suisse and UBS today were named the 2010 Greenwich Share Leaders in European Equity Trading, with each firm boasting a market share in excess of 11% of overall institutional trading volume in European stocks
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Brussels is discussing a radical overhaul of pan-EU short-selling regulations
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Europeans are divided over the extent of the powers to be granted to the EU's supervisory authorities
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Euroclear group has appointed an executive director, chief technology officer and services officer
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FourWinds Capital Management has appointed a new chief executive of its commodity funds group
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Deutsche Bank rolls out an electronic currency options system
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A second veteran fund manager at Gartmore has stepped down
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Man Group has named GLG head Emmanuel Roman as its chief operating officer
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Harry Morley has taken over as chief executive of Armajaro Asset Management
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Aviva Investors has promoted Jean-François Boulier to the chief executive role at Aviva Investors Europe
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Carmignac Gestion, the Paris-based asset manager, has strengthened its management team.
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France is seeking increased oversight of European commodity derivatives markets to curtail price volatility
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Lincolnshire County Council’s pension fund is looking for a global custodian
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ICAP is launching an electronic market for trading Euro interest rate swaps
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The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has allocated $1.52 billion to UK real estate
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RBC Dexia has appointed a director, FX Product Management within its Markets Products & Services division
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August
Clariden Leu is rolling out an Ucits fund of hedge funds
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LCH.Clearnet will lower the fees it levies on many market participants in London
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T. Rowe Price has expanded its Northern Europe team
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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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BNP Paribas has appointed a global head of equity derivatives strategy
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is in talks to acquire a stake in London-based European Multilateral Clearing Facility
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Head of the UK institutional business at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), has resigned from his role
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Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Andrew November as Director of Equities
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State Street is in discussions to acquire the asset management division of Bank of Ireland
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Swedish national buffer fund, AP7, has appointed Amundi and Axa to manage two of its Alpha portfolios
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Small and mid-cap stock exchange, Plus Markets, has turned into a stock and derivatives exchange
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Nizam Hamid, head of sales strategy for iShares Europe, has stepped down
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Moody Aldrich Partners (MAP) has partnered with Wilshire Funds Management to help in the development of its open architecture hedge fund seeding platform
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The prospect of retirement is looking like a thing of the past for many Brits as new research from Baring Asset Management reveals that 10% of the working population have no plans to ever stop working
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Northern Trust has been appointed as custodian by the London Borough of Wandsworth Pension Fund
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Molins UK Pension Fund has awarded a $467.3 million mandate to Aegon Asset Management
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State Street has been appointed by Strategic Investments Group (SIG) to provide investment services for its new UCITS product, Strategic Active Trading Funds
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York Asset Management and Germany’s Universal Investment have teamed up to launch a global merger arbitrage Newcits fund
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Jane Foley has been appointed as a senior foreign-exchange strategist at Rabobank International
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Daiwa Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of leading Japanese brokerage Daiwa Securities Group, has hired Meurig Williams as Regional head of Equity for Europe and the Middle East
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Refractory producer, Magnesita Refratários, has appointed Deutsche Bank
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is expanding its European presence
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Investec Asset Management have struck a deal with English Premier League soccer side Tottenham Hotspur to be their new shirt sponsor for all domestic and European cup matches
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Investors in Marshall Wace’s $312 million listed investment fund are set to approve the delisting of the vehicle
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Rule Financial has announced the expansion of its consultancy team to support a growing demand from clients for advisory services
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Credit Suisse has announced it will be shedding 75 jobs in London
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Deutsche Bank has won a British depositary mandate
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Private-equity investment in the Nordic countries is poised to match a pre-crisis record
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Mark Hamilton has joined Equity Delta 1 & Financing Prime Services to take up the role of synthetic equity prime trader
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UBS AG announced today that Jakob Stott has been named head of UBS Wealth Management Europe
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Barclays Capital, the investment-banking unit of Barclays, is planning to lay off 400 back-office staff globally
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Changes to UK pension fund indexation have boosted the case for a global approach to inflation-linked bonds, says Fidelity
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LGT Capital Partners and Solutio have rolled out a German private equity fund of fund
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The pension scheme of London University has appointed Kevin Wade as its investment chief
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Schroders has added two Newcits funds to its GAIA platform
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The lead European fund manager at Sloane Robinson has quit the firm
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AXA Investment Managers has appointed aglobal head of consultant relations.
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French asset manager, Carrousel Capital, has unveiled a quantitative hedge fund
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The North Yorkshire County Council pension scheme has dismissed ING Real Estate Select
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Turquoise is ahead of schedule on reaching profitability and may spearhead LSE’s push into pan-European derivatives
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Moody’s data reveals the extent of manager support for money market funds, and especially during the height of the 2007-2009 financial crisis
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RBC Global Asset Management has added to its London-based emerging markets equity team
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Dutch pension funds fear consequences of proposed EU rules on derivatives and market infrastructure
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Mercer has responded to the Hutton Commission’s inquiry into the reform of UK public sector pensions
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A Swiss pension fund is seeking managers for two corporate bond mandates
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Barclays Wealth has hired two executives for its private equity and hedge funds divisions
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The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is seeking a custodian for its assets
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Deutsche Bank’s ETF platform, db x-trackers, has unveiled two currency ETFs
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Apex Fund Services has expanded its operations with a new office in Luxembourg
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Pitmans Trustees says that the approach adopted for risk management by most pension schemes creates more risk than it mitigates
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TradingScreen has initiated the development of a Multilateral Trading Facility for European corporate bonds
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Bank of New York Mellon has appointed a CEO of its asset management division
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Telecity Group has appointed Deutsche Bank as depositary bank
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has bolstered its US management team by bringing Mark Bailey back to its New York office
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High gold prices are leading fund managers to re-evaluating their holdings
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European institutional investors last year sharpened their focus on higher returns, favouring real estate
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J.P. Morgan has rehired industry veteran as the global head of sovereign clients
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London Borough of Redbridge Pension Fund is seeking equity managers
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UK companies pumped record amounts into their pension schemes last year in an effort to plug deficits
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BMB Islamic has launched the Global Islamic Finance Report 2010, an executive primer on Islamic finance
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BNY Mellon has hired a head of relationship management and sales for treasury services across the EMEA region
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Duet Alternative Investments has floated a commodity trade advisory fund of funds
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LCH.Clearnet Group will launch clearing for Spanish government bonds and repos
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A UK Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Lehmans PB clients with unsecured assets
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Oakley Capital, investment adviser to Oakley Capital Private Equity, has appointed a managing director
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TPG-Axon Capital Management is merging with London-based Montrica Investment Management
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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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F&C executive joins Barclays pension fund
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Daiwa Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of Japanese brokerage Daiwa Securities Group today announced two key hires
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EU regulators calls for wide-ranging reforms for the European ETF market
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Rabobank Pensioenfonds has withdrawn over $500 million from the fund of hedge funds sector
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July
The Bolsa y Mercados Espanoles will restructure its trading platform, SIBE
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The UK's Financial Services Authority is planning to expand bonus rules to include all banks, asset managers and hedge funds
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EFG International, a Swiss private bank, was forced to write-off $813m that it had invested with hedge funds
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HSBC Securities Services has hired Callum Runcie as sales director for its fund services team in London
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Northern Trust has been awarded a $3.12 billion mandate for Babcock International’s pension fund assets
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Portugal’s debt agency is looking to post collateral to the commercial banks it trades derivatives with
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Troika Dialog Asset Management has launched its first open-ended index fund
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BNY Mellon has appointed a temporary head of its asset management business
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VST Holdings has appointed Deutsche Bank as its ADR depositary bank
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EFG private bank’s unit has automated settlement at central securities depositary Euroclear
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Olivetree Securities, an equities brokerage, appoints new chief operating officer and head of distribution
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RBC Dexia Investor Services explains the decision to add William Foley to its securities lending team
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The UK has proposed to bring clearing houses under the direct supervision of the central bank
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NYSE Euronext is developing Europe’s first multilateral trading facility (MTF) for corporate bonds
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has appointed a director of Securities Lending Sales, effective September 6, 2010
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Two former heads at Amundi UK have partnered with Natixis Asset Management to launch new venture
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Fund of hedge funds manager Cem Habib has taken on a private equity role
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IMN has re-iterated its commitment to its series of Beneficial Owner Summits in the wake of its 2nd Annual East Coast event held in Boston last month.
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BNY Mellon broker-dealer services hosted its annual Dragon boat challenge and barbeque last month and raised in excess of £2500 for Fairbridge, a charity that deals with troubled youngsters
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Martin Currie is to launch three Ucits-compliant hedge funds
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The Universities Superannuation Scheme has appointed Michael Dymond as portfolio manager for Private Capital Funds
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Welsh pension scheme the Dyfed Pension Fund is looking for a global custodian
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Bolsas y Mercados Españoles and Clearstream are testing their planned European over-the-counter trade repository
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The Warsaw Stock Exchange’s decision to make short selling available as of July 1 has thrown the securities lending market in Poland into the public spotlight.
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Turkey economic prospects are positive but the securities lending market reflects the difficult global trading conditions
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Credit Suisse has appointed Société Générale Securities Services to provide fund administration services in Germany
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The securities lending market in Greece has been operating under restrictions that prevents lending on an offshore basis
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Spain’s well documented macroeconomic problems have had no significant adverse reaction on securities lending in the country - although a lot of work remains to be done if the industry is to realise its potential
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The London Stock Exchange is cutting by 75% the trading fee it charges brokers
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Paulson & Company is rolling out a new fund for retail investors that will track its existing investment strategies
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Feri EuroRating, the German publisher of quarterly asset manager rankings, has launched asset manager rankings for the UK funds market
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Advisers are using ETFs to access a broader range of asset classes, says iShares
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Islington Council is searching for an equity and fixed income manager for its pension fund
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Roger Liddell has announced his intention to retire from his role as chief executive of LCH.Clearnet next year
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Western Provident Association has appointed Northern Trust to act as its global custodian
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Danone has appointed JP Morgan as depository bank for its ADR programme
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Pimco has appointed a managing director and head of the Asia Pacific region
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Coller Capital, the secondaries specialist, is to return to fundraising with a target of $5 billion
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The National Pensions Reserve Fund has made changes to its investment strategies
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Jefferies announced today the hiring of a head of international equity research in London and a co-director of US equity research in New York
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Mirae Asset Global Investments today announced the appointment of a managing director of the company’s European business
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Neuberger Berman is seeking to raise nearly $1 billion from endowments, foundations and other investors for its latest private equity fund
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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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The East Sussex County Council Pension Fund has appointed five firms to manage a total of $910 million in various strategies
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Mercer has named a Principal and Senior Consultant in its Investment Consulting business based in London
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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has closed its securities lending programme across a range of funds
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Guillaume Rambourg, fund manager at Gartmore, has resigned from the firm
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Schroders has made two more additions to its Liability Driven Investment team
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The Nordic Securities Finance survey results are here
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Ucits suffered negative net outflows of €23 billion in May, according to EFAMA
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AEGON has named a new CEO for its global asset management division
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Chancellor George Osborne's budget is analysed and the possible impact it could have for banks examined
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Mirabaud is planning establish its global equity team with the hiring of an equities manager
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Deutsche Bank has realigned its custody and related businesses around three core areas
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ICMA’s European Repo Council (ERC) today published a White Paper on the European repo market outlining the need for reform of the market infrastructure
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New trading platform will allow foreign investors to execute trades on Russia’s Micex exchange
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Threadneedle has appointed Mark Burgess as its new CIO
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CCMP Capital announced today that it has appointed a senior member of CCMP Capital Advisors
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James Syme, head of Emerging Market Equities and manager of the Baring Global Emerging Markets Fund at Baring Asset Management, believes that we are near the optimum point in the global economic cycle for emerging market equity investing.
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The Pension Protection Fund is seeking managers for its first allocation to alternative credit strategies
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Brett Williams has stepped down immediately from his role as chief executive of Cofunds
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Société Générale Securities Services has appointed Olivier Renault as Luxembourg Country Manager
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Xtrakter, provider of OTC post-trade services and data, is mulling a European managed trade repository for all asset classes
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Natixis is to relaunch its managed accounts range as Ucits III platform
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South Africa’s Investec said it may sell the fund management arm of its British unit Rensburg Sheppards
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UBP Asset Management has appointed Larry Morgenthal as chief executive
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Macquarie Securities has appointed Rupertus Rothenhäuser as head of sales for structured products and exotics
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Rabobank Pensioenfonds has dropped enhanced indexing in favour of active global equities mandates
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Threadneedle has appointed Dominik Kremer as European head of distribution
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Galtere, a New York-based alternative investment house, has launched a new European arm
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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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J.P. Morgan has been appointed depositary for PFA Professionel Forening, owned by PFA Pension, the second largest pension provider in Denmark
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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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AEGON is to expand its pooled asset management platform to pension fund assets in Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and Denmark
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Germany has approved a diluted bill banning naked short-selling on certain securities
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Incapital, a US-based securities and investment banking firm, has acquired the business of UK structured investment specialist Blue Sky 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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Bonuses paid to hedge fund managers will be restricted as part of a new EU legislation
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Henderson has rolled out the Horizon Global Currency fund
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Jane Karczewski, managing director at Deutsche Bank, has left after three years
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Wealth manager Kleinwort Benson is planning to re-establish itself as a merchant bank advising private clients and companies
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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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Aberdeen Asset Management is seeking to partner with a domestic US funds firm with a large retail distribution network
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Neuberger Berman Europe is rolling out a Ucits III global equity fund
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RWC Partners has announced that Allwright and Frost will join the firm to manage absolute return and currency funds
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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
LaSalle Investment Management has floated its $750m open-ended UK property fund
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Threadneedle is offering investors an active fund with exposure to all commodities
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AllianceBernstein has appointed Paul Vosper as managing director, real estate investing
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BNP Paribas Securities Services is offering reporting packs to help managers comply with the Ucits IV key information document
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Germany has toned down a bill that bans ‘naked’ short selling of all stocks and euro-currency derivatives
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The Pension Protection Fund has appointed six global tactical asset allocation managers
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BlackRock has appointed a replacement for the head of the institutional team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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Fonds de Réserve Pour Les Retraites has terminated the contract of Nicholas Applegate Capital Management
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HSBC has axed the global head of electronic equities trading after eliminating the role
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The Ucits IV Directive may yet fail in its objective to harmonise the pan-European tax treatment of funds
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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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EU officials and diplomats have failed to come to an agreement over new controls for hedge funds
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Former Investec Asset Management trader joins a former Bank of America colleague at Millennium
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Greece has stretched a short-selling ban on its shares listed on the Athens bourse
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LGT Capital Partners, a Swiss alternative asset manager, has almost doubled the size of its new global secondaries fund
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LCH.Clearnet is to start clearing over-the-counter container freight swap agreements
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Beaconcrest Capital Management has opened its maiden hedge fund to outside investors
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Credit Suisse Group has confirmed the appointment of the chief executive of its investment bank
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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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Inter-dealer broker, GFI Group, is acquiring a 70% stake in London-based algorithmic trading and clearing house services provider, Kyte Group
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The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) is urging consistent and proportionate regulation for short selling, in response to a current European Commission (EC) consultation exercise
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Nasdaq OMX has appointed JP Morgan as custodian for its derivatives markets
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Penson Worldwide’s UK clearing subsidiary, Penson Financial Services, has been selected by Westhouse Securities
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EquiLend has appointed a new head of its European operations
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The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles has a new chairman
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The German securities lending market is considered to be ordered, structured and efficient but change is on the way
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Nasdaq OMX has launched Swedish interest rate swaps clearing
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Schroders has purchased a 49% stake in a hedge fund manager
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The BLVK Pensionskasse is liquidating its hedge fund mandate as part of a review of its strategic asset allocation
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BlueCrest Capital has raised $520m for investing in its AllBlue fund of hedge funds
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Data Explorers has launched its Risk Adjusted Returns at ISLA’s conference in Berlin
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The T-charter working group is finally shifting its focus towards the end user community
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Global Investor/isf looks at the crisis in the Eurozone government bond markets and the regulatory and structural problems that has highlighted
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RWC Partners is launching a Ucits-compliant pan-European long/short equity fund
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Newton Investment Management has been awarded a Real Return mandate by the Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London
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Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) has named a managing director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region
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State Street Global Advisors has strengthened its multi-asset-class solutions group
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EasyETF is launching an ETF on the S&P 500 listed on NYSE Euronext in Paris.
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Partners Group has closed its mezzanine fund at $685.6 million
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BNP Paribas has made two senior promotions in its private equity team
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BNY Mellon has won a mandate to service a Norwegian bank's guarantee fund
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The boom in Ucits-compliant hedge funds could result in a bust, say critics
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Managing Partners Limited is looking to capitalise on what it believes will be a growing number of ‘panic’ buy-to-let and second home sales
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Barclays Capital has named a new head of European prime services distribution
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Payden & Rygel Global has launched the Payden Sterling Reserve Fund
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Citigroup, Bloomberg and Euroclear Bank’s FundSettle have agreed to streamline fund transactions
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Deutsche Bank's wealth division has appointed a head of research, strategy and portfolio construction and consulting
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A new EU agency will play a key role in deciding which over-the-counter derivatives contracts must be cleared centrally
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J.P. Morgan has continued the international growth of its prime brokerage sales & marketing team in EMEA
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NYSE Euronext's COO is appointed to take over the top spot
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US Bancorp Fund Services and Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) have formed a global securities services alliance
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The Avon Pension Fund is looking for managers to run a specialist £3.65 billion portfolio
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Barclays Capital is looking to create a pan-European dark pool trading platform
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Credit Suisse has launched an algorithmic trading platform for fixed income
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Goldman veteran joins HSBC as head of integration at prime services
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Heartwood has recorded another year of strong growth in its core discretionary assets under management in its financial year closing end April 2010
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Northern Trust has promoted Penelope Biggs to head of its Institutional Investor Group EMEA
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RBC Wealth Management has hired Tracy Maeter as Head of Investments, British Isles
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Strategic Investments Group is to launch a Ucits III manager of managers fund
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A second investigation into equity underwriting fees in the UK has been launched
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Threadneedle is seeking to launch three new funds to boost its absolute return fund range
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Global pharmaceutical group, Ipsen, has appointed Deutsche Bank as depositary bank for the sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme
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Paris and Berlin have asked the the EU to tighten financial regulation and clamp down on short selling
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J.P. Morgan has won a custody mandate in the Nordic region.
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Jefferies today announced the appointment of a managing director and equity research Salesperson in London
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The Malta Stock Exchange and Clearstream will co-operate to offer settlement for Maltese domestic securities
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The London Stock Exchange is planning to develop a pan-European derivatives business within nine months
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Singapore Exchange reaches out to Europe-based clients by opening an office in London
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West Sussex County Council is seeking three transition managers
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BNP Paribas has made changes to its private equity team
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BNP Paribas appoints head of newly integrated wealth divisions in London
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M&G has floated a Ucits III version of a global macro investment strategy
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Northern Trust has won a $1.7 billion mandate from specialist insurer
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Oslo Børs has introduced central counterparty clearing with the clearing of shares
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has been selected by Solidar Fondservice to provide custody, foreign exchange, fund administration, transfer agency and distribution support services
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UK real estate group has selected Société Générale to provide services to a French mutual fund
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BlackRock head of transition leaves to take position at Citi
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HSBC is seeking to spin off its buyout business globally
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JP Morgan's head of transition management has stepped down
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EquiLend has appointed a Morgan Stanley executive to its European Business Development Team
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The London-based Private Equity Futures and Options Exchange is scheduled to roll out next month
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Skandia is launching 20 single manager funds across 10 different asset classes
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Three former executives of KBC Alternative Investment have partnered to launch a hedge fund
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The German government has approved a proposal to extend a ban on speculative trades
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Majedie has poached two senior fund managers from Odey Asset Management
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Northern Trust Global Investments has appointed a senior sales and relationship manager and a product manager
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Phoenix Equity Partners has raised $660 million for its UK mid-market buyout fund
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Ballooning liability deficits are forcing pension fund trustees to find ways to de-risk their schemes with buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity swaps
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Whether dynamic or tactical, asset allocation needs a strategy that can adapt to the more volatile global markets
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Martin Currie will buy Sofaer Capital's European long/short equity business
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Deutsche Bank is planning to float an alternative Ucits III fund every three weeks
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Northern Trust has launched a compliance module to support UCITS funds-of-hedge funds
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has closed the acquisition of UBI Group’s depository bank business
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Bolsas y Mercados Españoles has delayed the launch of a trade repository for OTC derivatives
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UBS names co-heads of prime brokerage business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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May
ETF Securities has seen assets in its Currency ETC platform, launched last November, increase by 530% this year
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One of the panels at the Global Investor/isf FX Masterclass discussed pricing and best execution
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The Bank of England will unveil new long-term repo rules
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EDEKT Asset Management will be awarded the post of a fiduciary manager for Greece’s social security funds
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UniCredit is exploring “all strategic options” for its Pioneer asset management arm
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Germany is looking to extend a ban on naked short selling to cover more stocks and derivatives
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Origin Asset Management appoints HSBC Securities Services as global custodian for its new institutional fund business
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Fondo Cometa has awarded nine mandates and renewed the contracts of three firms
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Paris-based LCH.Clearnet SA has been granted Recognised Overseas Clearing House status by the UK's Financial Services Authority
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BNY Mellon subsidiary, Pershing, has rolled out a new back-office outsourcing solution
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Aviva Investors have appointed John Carmody to the new role of Global Strategy Director for Financial Institutions
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Investors demand greater transparency and liquidity, while focusing on absolute returns and uncorrelated strategies
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Mellon Transition Management’s managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa is stepping down
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The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has proposed a complete ban on naked short selling
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Barclays Wealth has opened of an office in Rome to target central and southern Italy
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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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Sweden’s AP1 is seeking to appoint a global custodian
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AIMA has expressed concern that many of the AIFM proposals are impractical and unworkable
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BNP Paribas will use a platform from Tata Consultancy Services to consolidate its global and local custody operations
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Brevan Howard has opened a fund investing in energy and commodities to external investors
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Clearstream has linked up with Luxembourg’s central bank to launch a new central securities depository service
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Harbour Litigation Funding has raised £60m to invest in UK-based commercial legal actions
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Poland’s National Depository for Securities (KDPW) has set up a transaction settlement guarantor
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Allianz Global has created a dedicated European investment platform
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The German regulator has banned naked short-selling of eurozone sovereign debt, credit-default swaps and other stocks
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Standard Life Investments (SLI) will run the London Boroughs of Islington’s $200.4 million UK corporate bond portfolio
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Jupiter Investment Management is seeking to raise more than $318 million in a listing on the London Stock Exchange
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State Street Corporation announced today that it has been appointed by Norges Bank to provide fund administration services
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QQP links up with Pictet to launch a specialised investment fund
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The European Parliament has backed new stricter rules for hedge funds and private equity firms
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Standard Life Investments has been awarded a £140m UK corporate bond portfolio by the London Borough of Islington
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners has appointed a new CIO Equity for its dedicated multi-expertise investment centre, BNP Paribas Asset Management
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JP Morgan Asset Management has a new head of its Irish business
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The European mezzanine business of Lehman Brothers has spun out as an independent entity
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The Transport for London pension scheme has hired three global equity managers to manage a total of $1 billion
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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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Two senior members of the SecFinex team have left the firm.
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State Street Corporation announced today that it has completed its acquisition of ISPSS
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Alts industry bodies in last ditch effort to avert AIFM directive
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Standard & Poor’s has put the counterparty credit rating of LCH.Clearnet, on credit watch with negative implications
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Metals and mining firm Mechel has awarded a depositary mandate to Deutsche Bank
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Instinet Europe has been appointed as the exclusive execution broker for specialist research firm Euler Securities
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J.P. Morgan has completed an asset restructuring for the Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund
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Tullett Prebon has started raising capital for hedge funds and private equity groups
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Bluefin and Redington have linked up to create an investment consulting offering for pension schemes
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The 2010 Equity Lending & Synthetic Financing Awards will be held this year on the 29th September 2010 at the Grange Hotel, St.Pauls London.
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European fund managers have been adjusting their portfolios in reaction to the ongoing events in Greece
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NYSE Euronext is planning to roll out cash equities clearing houses in London and Paris and cut ties with LCH.Clearnet
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Credit Suisse is acquiring the hedge fund administration services unit of Fortis Bank Nederland
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Liquidnet has launched trading in Estonian and Lithuanian equities
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UBS MTF, the new multilateral trading facility of UBS Investment Bank, has named its chief executive
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Euroclear has revealed that trading fees charged by the London Stock Exchange is higher than its peers
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Multi-asset investment strategies are being touted as one of the best ways to keep your investments safe. Global Investor/isf takes a look.
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is planning a $5-6 billion infrastructure fund.
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IKOS Asset Management is rolling out an Ucits-compliant version of its currency fund
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Liontrust Asset Management’s chief executive is stepping down, with immediate effect
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Nomura Asset Management has passed the $1bn of assets milestone for its range of UCITs funds
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The chief executive of Swedish state fund AP6 is quitting after 10 years
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lured a top Deutsche Bank executive to head its European financial sponsors team
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The German chancellor Angela Merkel has predicted hedge funds will soon be governed by new rules
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Partners Group’s secondaries fund has exceeded its $634.2 million target
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Germany’s biggest family-owned insurance company has appointed BNP Paribas as sole global custodian and depotbank
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European Union lawmakers are nearing a deal on hedge fund regulations
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The EU is considering whether most trading in currency derivatives should be routed through clearing houses
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The Warsaw Stock Exchange will make short selling available under new rules as of 1 July
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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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Are we heading for inflation or deflation? A strong case can be made for each argument but for now perhaps the answer lies somewhere in between
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Guy de Blonay has been appointed co-manager of the Jupiter Financial Opportunities Fund
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The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee supports proposed changes to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
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Euroclear has appointed a managing director and head of its single platform modules division.
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European funds are projected to grow by almost 7%, according to Lipper FMI’s annual Data Digest
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Germany has tightened rules concerning short-selling and take-overs
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NYSE Euronext’s head of the dark pool trading system has been appointed head of European sales
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Principal Global Investors has boosted its London-based global fixed income team with the appointment of a strategist/economist.
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The CEO of Axa Investment Managers in the UK and Nordics has left the firm.
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Pan-European share trading platform, Equiduct, is in discussions with NASDAQ OMX Europe (Neuro) to take over its connections to over 40 institutional clients.
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A former senior member of Goldman Sachs is looking to unveil a hedge fund.
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Newton Investment Management will roll out a dedicated socially responsible investment (SRI) fund for UK charities.
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April
Close Brothers make strategic appointment as part of plans to build presence in international retirement planning
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Deutsche Bank has been named successor depositary bank by Swedish hygiene and paper company, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget.
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The European Commission will introduce separate legislation for settlement houses in the region,
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Total assets managed in Europe bounced back to €12.8 trillion as at end 2009, says EFAMA
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Northern Trust and Handelsbanken have been appointed by a Norwegian life insurer to provide custody services
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NASDAQ OMX is closing its pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by NASDAQ OMX Europe
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The sixth Global Investor / isf FX Master Class is due to take place at the Park Lane Hotel in London on 27th May 2010
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Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Vervoer has terminated Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s contract as its fiduciary manager
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Hewitt Delegated Consulting Services has appointed J.P. Morgan’s Worldwide Securities Services to provide custody and related services
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Pacific Investments today announced the conditional sale of Thames River Capital (TRC) to F&C Asset Management for a cash consideration of up to £53.6 million.
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Insight Investment has been awarded an LDI mandate by the $3bn Babcock International pension fund
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BNP Paribas Securities Services is delighted to have been appointed by AXA Group (‘AXA’) as Custodian/Depositary provider across several AXA entities and territories.
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Insight Investment Management has been awarded a $200 million mandate by a Welsh pension fund.
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J.P. Morgan's Worldwide Securities Services business today announced that it has been awarded a custody mandate.
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Laurent Vanderweyen has joined JP Morgan as the new head of its Luxembourg office
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State Street Corporation has been appointed to provide investment services to hedge fund group Marshall Wace for its new equity-neutral exchange traded fund – MW TOPS Global Alpha.
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The Hungarian financial market regulator has fined Deutsche Bank $458,000 for FX transactions
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Marshall Wace has selected State Street to offer investment services for its new equity-neutral exchange-traded fund
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Patrick Colle has been appointed as chief executive of BNP Paribas Securities Services
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Two Nomura employees are participating in a gruelling 150km cycle ride next month to raise funds for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, which was badly damaged by a fire recently.
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The Stichting Pensioenfonds Stork, Amersfoort, Netherlands, has awarded a $161 million global managed volatility equity mandate to Acadian Asset Management.
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Hedge fund manager GLG Partners has bolstered its M&A expertise with the hire of two senior executives
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SkyBridge Capital is looking to roll out a $500 million Luxembourg Sicav-Sif fund
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State Street Global Advisors is selling its Zurich-based institutional bond team to Swiss private bank, Syz & Company
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BNP Paribas will buy the depository business of Italian mutual lender, Banca Populare di Milano
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Carne Global Financial Services today announced the appointment of a managing director of the firm’s Luxembourg office.
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Citigroup has rolled out a global operating platform especially for hedge funds.
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City of London Corporation will carry out an asset allocation review of its $2bn portfolio
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Greece’s central bank and the debt issuing agency are discussing a decision on mandatory securities repurchase auctions
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Luxembourg-domiciled fund assets rose by 24% to $2,673 billion (€1,924.5bn) to the end of 2009
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Putnam Investments has rolled out a global equity fund of funds, which will offer exposure to all sectors in the MSCI World Index.
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Nathaniel Rothschild is planning to launch a $1.15 billion investment vehicle aimed at making an acquisition in the mining sector
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The London Pension Fund Authority has published proposals to reform and secure the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme
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Daiwa Securities’ global asset services division of has rolled out a service for UK-domiciled collective investment schemes
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Hilltop Fund Management, a London-based asset manager, has launched the All Weather Fund
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The Railway Pension Scheme has recruited Insight Investment to help guard its portfolio against rising prices and interest rates
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The defined contribution pensions industry must ensure that default design rewards risk, says a new survey
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France is looking to limit derivative holdings and leveraged positions of commodity traders to control volatility in the G20 nations.
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Nasdaq OMX will roll out a new Nordic fund market targeted at investment fund distributors.
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EQT Partners is weighing a $5.8 billion buyout fund
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LD Pensions, a Danish state fund, is looking to award mandates for over 70% of its portfolio
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EuroCCP has started providing central counterparty clearing of trades in US stocks and ETFs to European trading firms
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Investor demand for long-term funds continues to grow, in tandem with a gradual exit from money market funds
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Turquoise and NYSE Arca Europe will commence trading US equities
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iShares has reached global assets under management of $509 billion on its 10th anniversary
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Britain’s largest institutional investors are setting up a new body which will aim to influence company boards and policy for the sector
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A European lawmaker is proposing new rules that will require fund managers outside the European Union to follow EU rules before being allowed to accept investments from the region.
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France has urged the European Union to set up its own Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has received $1.15 billion in investments for a new recovery fund.
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2010 Asia Pacific Region Securities Finance Master Class Series II – Tuesday 21st September 2010, Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei.
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The London Stock Exchange has celebrated 10 years since the first Exchange Traded Fund was admitted to its markets
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The International Finance Corporation will form an alliance with sovereign wealth and pension funds to launch an $800 million fund
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The EU has granted exemption to industrial companies from rules requiring mandatory clearing of over-the-counter derivatives
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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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Sciens Capital Management has purchased the hedge fund business of Switzerland’s Partners Group.
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Xtrakter has rolled out its new over-the-counter liquidity service
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Citigroup has launched the Citi BRIC Commodities Index, the first index that provides investors access to broad commodity exposure in proportion to the consumption of commodities in the BRIC countries.
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European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF) announced today that it will reimburse clients part of the settlement and settlement management fees charged in 2009.
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Maintrust, the Nomura Group’s German asset management company, has been renamed as Nomura Asset Management Deutschland KAG mbH (NAM Deutschland).
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Find out who claimed the biggest mandate wins.
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UK asset management firm, Silk Invest, will roll out a private equity fund.
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European Union markets regulators are reviewing trading practices, including “high frequency” trading.
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Citigroup has started Citi Algorithmic Trading, a platform for its institutional equity trading clients.
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Legal & General will allow investors in a $1.5 billion fund to determine the amount of debt associated with their investments.
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Pharos Financial Group will roll out two private equity funds in 2010, targeting to raise $350 million each.
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The European Union’s financial markets chief, Michael Barnier, may draft specific curbs on sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) in October.
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J.P. Morgan’s French unit has unveiled a Dublin-based Ucits III fund in partnership with asset manager.
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Commodities are one of the least understood investment opportunities but are growing in popularity. Global Investor/isf examines the reasons behind the surge in popularity.
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London Stock Exchange deputy CEO, Massimo Capuano, will exit the UK exchange.
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The UK’s second-largest pension fund, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), has awarded a $1 billion mandate.
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NYSE Euronext has appointed a new chairman of the Managing Board of NYSE Euronext Amsterdam
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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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RBC Wealth Management has continued its programme of hires
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March
Deutsche Bank is looking to outsource 250 jobs from its German fund administration business and is in talks with State Street for the same.
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Hermes BPK Partners has unveiled the Hermes BPK Trading Fund
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State Street Global Markets, the investment research and trading arm of State Street Corporation today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index for March 2010.
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Société Générale has won a custody mandate from W&W Asset Management
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The Financial Services Authority has proposed changes to its client asset rules
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The investment process is being aligned more closely with the needs of long-term investors
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LCH.Clearnet cleared the first credit default swap index contracts on Monday 29 March
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European private equity fund manager, Platina Partners, has received total commitments of $282 million for its European Renewable Energy Fund.
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The Committee of European Securities Regulators is planning to introduce new rules that expected to limit leverage for Ucits funds
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Tony Mackay will resign from his role as Chairman of Chi-X Europe in April
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Citigroup has made 13 new appointments in its Global Prime Finance Group in London and New York.
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An ex-member of Bank of England’s monetary policy committee and GAM have partnered to set up a computer-driven futures fund.
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LCH.Clearnet Paris will start clearing credit default swaps in Paris
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LGT Capital Partners is seeking to set up the first Newcits fund of managed futures in UK
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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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Tradition, a Swiss-based interdealer broker, has appointed Yann L’Huillier as group chief information officer
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The Pension Protection Fund is looking for about eight infrastructure managers to manage an undisclosed amount
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Thomson Reuters has announced the winners of the Europe Lipper Fund Awards 2010
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BNP Paribas is buying Banca Popolare di Milano’s custody business
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The EU is planning regulations requiring securities clearing houses to share data and to cooperate with each other
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State Street Global Advisors has made two appointments to its Active and Enhanced European Equity portfolio management teams
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Fondo Cometa has hired two managers for the Sicurezza sub-fund
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Deutsche Bank has unveiled a new computerised stock trading algorithm
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Global regulators, working under the guidance of the Bank of International Settlements, have proposed measures for securities financing and derivatives trading.
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Global regulators, working under the guidance of the Bank of International Settlements, have proposed measures for securities financing and derivatives trading.
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The UK Chancellor announced today in his Budget Report that HMRC will work with the industry to amend the fund-specific Schedule 19 Stamp Duty Reserve Tax regime.
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Renta 4 Servicios de Inversion has appointed BNY Mellon.
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Calastone, a cross-border transaction network for mutual funds, has set up a new fund settlement service
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Deutsche Bank and Hermes Investment Managers will together launch two Ucits III-compliant funds
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Bank of New York Mellon Asset Management and New Ireland Assurance have entered a fund distribution agreement
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SmartPool has named Paul Squires as an independent member of its board of directors
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AXA Investment Managers today announced that, subject to FSA approval, it plans to launch a new sub-fund.
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European asset managers picked out a package of reforms that they believe will regain the confidence of investors and build a sustainable long-term savings sector
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Citibank Hungary has teamed up with BNP Paribas Asset Management to boost its investment product offering
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Two former Barclays Capitals credit traders, are launching a regulated hedge fund in Madrid.
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Commodity futures indexes tracked by ETPs have delivered double-digit underperformance versus underlying spot prices
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Apex Fund Services is looking to open offices in three jurisdictions
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BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has won the mandate to act as depositary and custodian to CB Richard Ellis Investors' fund
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Cheyne is launching Ucits III-compliant investment grade credit and arbitrage hedge funds
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Eurex Clearing has rolled out its real-time risk data distribution service for its trading and clearing members
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Basel Committe's proposed rules on capital and liquidity may be watered down
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The European Commission will seek to curb “naked” selling and speculation in the market for credit default swaps
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HSBC Global Asset Management is rolling out a European absolute return fund in April 2010
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LCH.Clearnet has teamed up with Chi-X Europe to unveil a contract-for-difference clearing service
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Continued growth in volumes confirms the tentative signs of recovery seen in June 2009
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Andrew Wise has left Barclays Capital for a new role at a leading competitor.
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Belgian private equity firm, Gimv, has closed its $839 million Gimv-XL fund
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BNP Paribas has been awarded a $6.89 billion global custody mandate
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EU finance ministers fail to reach agreement on new rules for hedge funds and private equity firms
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Belgian private equity firm, Gimv, has closed its $839 million Gimv-XL fund.
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Fondo Cometa, Italy’s biggest pension fund, has awarded BNP Paribas a $6.89 billion global custody mandate
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Nomura’s chief executive in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has unexpectedly announced he is “retiring”
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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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The Dutch bakers' pension fund has recruited Lombard Odier as fiduciary manager
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Close Asset Management has appointed Nancy A. Curtin to the role of chief investment officer
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Former chief executive of public equity at Dubai International Capital has launched an asset management firm
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Penson Worldwide today named a new chief executive officer of Penson Financial Services Ltd, its London-based clearing and execution services subsidiary.
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SL Capital Partners, Standard Life’s private equity funds manager, has raised about $865 million for its European Strategic Partners 2008 fund.
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At a time when turmoil and consolidation dominate the markets, Pierre Servant, chief executive of Natixis Global Asset Management, talks about his plans for expansion
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Four European Union states are asking for all European trading in credit default swaps to be carried out on transparent exchanges
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Fund sales have put the net monthly flows in Europe back in the black after December's outflows, says Lipper FMI
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Gatemore Capital wins 'dedicated chief investment officer' role for DZ Bank London Branch Pension Plan
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AP2 has awarded a $1.6 billion global credit mandate to five managers
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UK and France seek compromise deal over the European Union’s proposed hedge funds reforms
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The Nordic region offers good investment opportunities but with established domestic players and some large international players also in place, have new entrants left it too late?
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman is calling for new regulations for credit default swaps.
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Clearstream has started two new direct links with Bulgaria and Romania.
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The proposed European Union private equity rules may bar EU investors from investing in funds based outside the region.
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The London Stock Exchange today announced that UBS has become a new issuer of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) on its markets.
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London-based transaction network for funds, Calastone, has appointed Sebastien Chaker as head of its new Luxembourg office
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J.P. Morgan's Worldwide Securities Services business today announced that it has been awarded a mandate to provide custody and related services to two pension funds.
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J.P. Morgan's Worldwide Securities Services business today announced it has been awarded two new mandates from charities and endowments in Europe.
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RBC Wealth Management has made a senior appointment to its London-based UK onshore business
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State Street has retained the mandate to service the British Airways Pension Trustees’ £14 billion UK pension fund
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UBS is looking to start a European “dark pool” structured as a multilateral trading facility
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BNY Mellon has agreed to acquire BHF Asset Servicing from BHF subject to regulatory approvals.
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Ways of promoting world economic stability through more cohesive financial market regulation were discussed by central banks and sovereign wealth funds at the Inaugural Meeting of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).
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Icap is planning to dispose off its cash equities business
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Stichting Pensioenfonds Vopak has hired JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services as custodian
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Bolsas y Mercados Españoles is planning to set up a subscription, redemption and transfer platform for mutual funds
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The German financial regulator has introduced stricter short selling disclosure rules for 10 financial sector companies
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Luxembourg has suffered a set back in its efforts to develop its status as a domicile for the EU’s Ucits-compliant funds
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Baring Asset Management (Barings), the international investment management firm, has announced that five of its core offshore funds are now available on Cofunds.
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Institutional investors embrace tax-transparent vehicles to facilitate economies of scale, efficiency and improved performance
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Merchant Capital has launched its first European long/short equity fund
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Cardano today announced its appointment by the Trustees of the £5bn E.ON UK Pension Scheme.
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Fund managers in the UK growth sector believe that global corporates will take advantage of the weak pound to fund acquisitions in 2010.
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The AIMA has issued a statetemnt on short selling.
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HSBC has announced a new head of equity capital markets who will begin next month.
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Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has been given $31.6 billion worth of Insight assets to manage
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Fund services provider, Maples Finance, has extended its European service offering in Luxembourg
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Toscafund will roll out a Ucits III version of its mid-cap fund
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2010 could prove to be a watershed year for the post-trade industry in Europe, with repercussions that may be felt throughout the world
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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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LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz as Managing Director, Europe
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State Street has announced the opening of its new Irish headquarters in Dublin.
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Pension fund trustees are increasingly seeking to be good owners of the companies they invest in to promote their long-term value
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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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The board of LCH.Clearnet Group has appointed Jacques Aigrain as non-executive chairman
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Investment funds bounced back to positive asset growth and net sales in the fourth quarter of 2009
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Sovereign wealth funds gradually regained their appetite for foreign investments in 2009
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February
BNY Mellon’s Pershing unit has launched its multi asset class trading solution
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EFAMA and SWIFT have published a report on the evolution of standardization rates for funds processing in 2009
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M&G Investments may unveil an Ucits III version of its multi-billion global macro strategy
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SIX SIS, the Swiss cutodian, will be extending its settlement and custody services to cover the Brazilian market
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The Alternative Investment Management Association has welcomed the verdict by the UK's Financial Services Authority that hedge funds do not pose a systemic risk.
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European Multilateral Clearing Facility has welcomed the position of UK, Dutch and Swiss regulators in their joint Regulatory Position on Interoperability
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Neuberger Berman has sold its private funds placement business to Evercore Partners
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Isle of Wight Council Pension Fund has awarded two mandates to Newton Investment Management and Majedie Asset Management
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Close Fund Services has won a further mandate from M&G Investments
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PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Mohammad Khan as its new UK Islamic finance leader
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KBL European Private Bankers has chosen Calastone’s cross-border transaction network to transact its funds
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Amundi has marked a new stage in its international development strategy by listing 17 ETFs on Deutsche Börse
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EuroCCP and Turquoise have expanded their clearing and trading services into Hungary and Czech Republic
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Euroclear UK & Ireland is reducing its trade netting fees
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Dan Smith has been appointed as post-trade manager by Nasdaq OMX Europe
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Decision Analytics Advisory Partners has picked Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe as custodian for its new funds
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LCH.Clearnet and TriOptima announced that SwapClear members eliminated 31,280 EURO-denominated interest rate swap trades with a notional value of €3 trillion
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Close International has appointed a managing director for its banking businesses in Guernsey and the Isle of Man
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Socialists in the European Parliament are looking to restrict the amount of debt private equity firms can load on to companies in buyouts
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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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HSBC Securities Services has extended its mandate as global custodian for the West Yorkshire Pension Fund in the UK
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Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has been awarded a custody mandate.
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Michel Bois, managing director of CACEIS, has quit the global asset servicing provider
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Otkritie Financial Corporation has appointed Mikhail Belyaev as chief executive and Chairman of the Board
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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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Spain has recommended the proposed rules to regulate hedge funds and private equity groups should be toughened
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AIMA is concerned that a protectionist measure within the AIFM directive has been re-instated
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Amati Global Investors today announced the appointment of a director to manage fund raising activity for the Noble AIM VCT.
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A Bulgarian custodian bank has inked a deal with the National Depository for Securities in Poland
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Northern Trust has been selected to provide investment operations outsourcing services for a London-based investment management start-up
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Prime Rate Capital is looking to raise $250 million for an Islamic cash fund
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A Bank of England panel says draft EU hedge fund rules will lead to “systemic failure and market disruption”
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EMCF has reached a new milestone by clearing more than 5 million trades in a single day
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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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CrossBorder Capital will launch the Pulsar Global Alpha UCITS fund next month
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Daiwa Securities Group has appointed Deutsche Bank as depositary bank
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eSecLending has announced a new senior vice-president of client relationship management
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Ivan Pictet, senior managing partner of Pictet & Cie, will be stepping down with effect from 30th June 2010
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AEGON Asset Management is launching a Global Opportunities Fund targeting investors wanting global macro exposure
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Citi will now be offering agency lending services in Greece and Poland
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Iosco and CPSS are speeding up a review of derivatives clearing houses
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The German regulator has ended its partial ban on short-selling transactions
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Jupiter Asset Management has appointed John Chatfeild-Roberts as chief investment officer
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A Dutch pension fund has filed a suit against State Street Bank and Trust
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Otkritie has hired two leading Russia and CIS market figures to its Financing Services Group
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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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Fund managers are considering whether to hedge their currency exposure to emerging market assets over the medium and long term
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Insurers and investment banks are forming a secondary market in longevity swaps and other derivatives
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January
Eurex Zürich has named Frank Gast head of its electronic SecLend Market
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The French SWF has hired two transition managers
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JO Hambro will launch two funds in partnership with its parent, Credit Suisse Private Bank
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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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Icap and CLS Group have rolled out an FX post-trade service
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RBC Dexia has signed a contract to provide fund administration services in a variety of regions.
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Data management vendor Cadis has made three hires as part of plans for global expansion
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GLG Partners is rolling out a Ucits III version of its UK alternatives fund
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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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The University Superannuation Scheme is looking to invest $2.27 billion in fixed income
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The banks' role during the crisis is discussed at Global Securities Financing Summit held in Luxembourg
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Land Securities is planning to invest in property-based derivative instruments
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Continued outsourcing to reduce costs has been voted as one of the trends that most likely will affect the markets
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Cordea Savills has launched a fund to buy prime assets in Britain’s commercial property market
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HSBC Securities Services has appointed Gina Slotosch as head of investor services within the Global Product Management team
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Alfred Berg has made two key additions to its investment team.
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Atlantic Fund Services, a fund service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, has joined Clearstream and Swift
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Gartmore is setting up a long/short pan-European fund
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Hermes Fund Managers hires ex Radley Yeldar head
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The London Stock Exchange has hired Kevin Milne as a new director of post-trade services
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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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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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Marshall Wace is planning to float an exchange-traded fund tracking its flagship hedge fund strategy
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Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild is supporting a new Ucits III-compliant hedge funds venture
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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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Thames River Capital has unveiled an Ucits III absolute return fund of funds with $77 million in assets under management
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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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The Futures and Options Association (FOA) has created a lobby group to deal with regulatory issues related to exchanges, clearing houses and brokers in listed derivatives markets.
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Institutional investors worldwide rank the current funding status of their pension plans, risk management, and continued volatility as the most significant challenges to achieving their future goals.
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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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Citi’s Global Transaction Services business has won a new mandate from Wegelin & Co., the Swiss private bank which provides asset management for private and institutional clients
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Long-term Ucits funds attracted €19 billion of net inflows in November, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association
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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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Citigroup has unveiled an end-to-end service for European Union domiciled hedge funds.
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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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3i, a UK-based private equity firm, is looking to set up a $1.6 billion-plus growth capital fund, as part of an effort to step up its investments rate in 2010
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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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Ignis Asset Management has appointed Chris Fellingham as chief investment officer, responsible for fixed income
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Norges Bank Investment Management has issued a request for proposals for environmental and sustainable resource sectors managers
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Benchmark Plus Management has appointed Prime Fund Solutions to handle the administration, custody and financing services for the firm’s funds of hedge funds
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BNY Mellon has been appointed by Swiss Capital Alternative Investments to provide fund administration and custody services for its Irish domiciled fund of managed accounts
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The new Ucits IV directive is not bringing the operational cost reductions many European investment fund asset managers had assumed
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David Norman and Gary Mairs, two of the fund industry’s most senior executives, have come together to launch TCF Fund Managers, a new asset management business
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Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator, is looking to revamp rules regarding the liquidation of authorized unit trust
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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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Legal & General Investment Management is looking to raise $1 billion for its third hedge fund
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London Borough of Newham Pension Fund has awarded Morgan Stanley with a $96 million mandate
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SunGard has appointed Chris Clark as European senior vice-president for its Astec Analytics business unit.
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British pension funds managed to recoup most of their 2008 losses last year, helped by strong performances in equity markets
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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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Advent Capital Management has chosen RBC Dexia IS for its Luxembourg-based Specialised Investment Fund
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BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has been selected by MKB Bank as global custodian for more than EUR725 million ($1 billion) in assets across 20 markets
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The UK chancellor Alistair Darling announced the introduction of a new tax on bonuses paid by banks
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Fonds de Reserve pour Retraites, the French sovereign fund, has terminated Dexia Asset Management's SRI mandate
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A mature and sophisticated market with stiff competition, the focus is now on the development of the economies of the former Soviet bloc as they become part of the EU.
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John Harrison, the chief investment officer of UBS Global Asset Management in the UK, will resign in March.
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The new tax on bonuses announced in the UK target the banks employees but, as ever, the law of unintended consequences applies
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Asset managers are asking portfolio managers to invest their bonuses into in-house funds due to uncertainty about the UK’s bonus supertax
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Deutsche Bank's Global Prime Finance division has launched a hybrid custody version of prime brokerage, named DB Integrated Prime Custody
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Two ex-PAI Partners executives are planning to jointly launch a new vehicle
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The UK's Pension Protection Fund is seeking a global custodian
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Hermes Fund Managers has appointed Fred Cleary to the fixed income team as director of government bonds
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Intesa Sanpaolo last month agreed to sell its securities services business to State Street for about €1,750 million
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J.P. Morgan’s Worldwide Securities Services business has been awarded a mandate to provide custody and related services to Amonis OFP, the largest pension fund for health care workers in Belgium.
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Steve Wood is stepping down from his role of global head of trading at Schroders
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