Category Archives: Press Releases
BNY Mellon Named Best Large Hedge Fund Administrator
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has been named ‘Best administrator over $30bn – single manager’ for the second year running at the HFMWeek European Hedge Fund Services Awards, presented in London on April 25. BNY Mellon was one of six industry-leading […]
Hedge Fund People: Jason Fisher Joins PineBridge As Senior Vice President,
PineBridge Investments (“PineBridge”), the global multi-asset class investment manager, today announced that Jason Fisher joined the firm as Senior Vice President, Head of Consultant Relations for the Americas and Europe. Mr. Fisher will work closely with PineBridge’s Sales and Client […]
Direxion Launches Two Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds
Direxion, a leader in alternative investment solutions, has launched two new leveraged inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the Direxion Daily Brazil Bear 3x Shares (BRZS) and Direxion Daily South Korea Bear 3x Shares (KORZ). The Direxion Daily Brazil Bear 3x Shares seeks daily […]
AIMA has released the first global review of the hedge fund industry’s charitable activities
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has released the first global review of the hedge fund industry’s charitable activities. The 44-page report, Contributing to Communities, gives a detailed picture of the global hedge fund industry’s […]
Eze Software Group’s RealTick EMS Issued U.S. Patent for Electronic Trading
Hedge fund tech provider Eze Software Group has issued a patent for its management system, the RealTick® EMS. The patent covers the proprietary technology and methodology for the staging of electronic orders into a neutral (aggregation) account for execution, providing […]
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Partners with the S&R Foundation
The S&R Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports talented individuals with high aspirations in the arts and sciences, today announced that the U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth will serve as an associate partner for the Foundation. U.S. Trust […]
Australia’s Scout Global Joins IMQ In Backing Romanesco Fund
Australian hedge fund seeder Scout Global Funds has joined IMQ as co-seed of Romanesco Capital Management’s systematic trading strategy, the Persistence Fund. Scout aims to identify and invest in ‘best of breed’ emerging managers worldwide. The firm’s mandate is to allocate to […]
Letter to Shareholders in Altin AG and Interested Parties from Metage Capital Limited
PRNewswire – Re: Proposal for Election of Directors at the AGM of Altin AG on 22 nd April, 2013. We would like to introduce Metage Capital Limited as an investment manager managing various client funds which are shareholders in Altin (the “Company”). As […]
MIK Fund Solutions & PortfolioScience Collaborate: High-Performance Risk Analysis via MIK
MIK Fund solutions, a leading provider of data aggregation and reporting software for asset managers and PortfolioScience, a provider of on-demand risk management systems for hedge funds and hedge fund service providers, today announced the integration of PortfolioScience’s RiskAPI platform […]
SEC Puts Hedge Fund Managers on Notice Regarding Compensation Arrangements for Sales
In a speech before the American Bar Association’s Trading and Markets Subcommittee on April 5, 2013, David Blass, the Chief Counsel of the Division of Markets and Trading, put hedge fund managers and private equity fund managers on notice that they may […]
Survey Results Show 73% of CTA/CPO Respondents Impacted by FCM Failure
Horizon Cash Management said today that 73% of the commodity trading advisors (CTAs) and commodity pool operators (CPOs) that responded to its survey were impacted by one or more of the futures commission merchant (FCM) failures mentioned in the study. […]
Natixis Global Asset Management Launches Aurora Horizons Fund
Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) announced today the launch of the Aurora Horizons Fund (AHFAX), which is a multi-strategy mutual fund dynamically allocated across multiple hedge fund managers. The fund may help investors achieve additional risk diversification within a traditional […]
