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BTIG launches convertible securities business

Tue, 09/03/2010 - 16:07
BTIG, a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, has launched a US convertible securities business to complement its existing equities, derivatives, fixed income and prime brokerage groups. »

Cavendish appoints Tyrone Long as sales manager

Tue, 09/03/2010 - 14:11
Cavendish Asset Management has appointed Tyrone Long as sales manager as part of its ongoing expansion programme in the retail market. »

Former Macquarie portfolio manager restrained from leaving Australia

Tue, 09/03/2010 - 12:09
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained consent orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales restraining former Macquarie Bank portfolio manager Oswyn De Silva from leaving or attempting to leave Australia. »

Fairbairn adopts Equipos client reporting platform

Tue, 09/03/2010 - 06:06
Fairbairn Private Bank has upgraded its client communications processes with the addition of Equipos Coric Straight Through Reporter. »

Guernsey funds continue to recover

Mon, 08/03/2010 - 17:13
The value of investment funds in Guernsey increased by GBP2.7bn, or 1.5 per cent, during the final three months of last year. »

Tokio Marine expands business development team

Mon, 08/03/2010 - 16:00
Tokio Marine Asset Management (London), the Japanese and Asian equities specialist, has appointed David O'Keeffe as vice president, business development. »

Babson assumes management of five Jefferies CLOs

Mon, 08/03/2010 - 15:26
Babson Capital Management, an investment management firm based in Massachusetts and North Carolina, has closed five collateralized loan obligations with more than USD1.7bn under management. »

Ladenburg appoints Bruce Silver as a regional sales manager

Mon, 08/03/2010 - 14:11
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services has hired Bruce Silver as northeast regional sales manager for its subsidiary, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. »

Global bond funds set record inflows in early March

Mon, 08/03/2010 - 12:10
In the week ending 3 March global bond funds posted their biggest weekly inflow in over a decade while global equity funds took in the most money since October 2007, according to EPFR Global. »

Alter Domus opens an office in Mauritius

Mon, 08/03/2010 - 06:08
Alter Domus, a provider of outsourced administration services, has opened an office in Mauritius. »

Evercore Partners acquires interest in Atalanta Sosnoff

Sun, 07/03/2010 - 15:19
Investment banking advisory firm Evercore Partners has acquired an interest in Atalanta Sosnoff Capital. »

RBC launches US Treasury index rebalanced daily

Sun, 07/03/2010 - 12:07
RBC Capital Markets has launched the RBC Total Return US Treasury Index, a benchmark index for investors in US Treasuries with bonds rebalanced on a daily basis. »

Knight Libertas expands fixed income research team

Sun, 07/03/2010 - 12:01
Knight Libertas, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, has expanded its fixed income research team with the appointment of Charles R. Mounts as managing director and Christopher A. Recouso as director. »

Broadpoint names Michael Voelker head of investment grade group

Sun, 07/03/2010 - 10:34
Broadpoint Capital, a broker-dealer subsidiary of Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, has appointed Michael Voelker as head of the investment grade group in its debt capital markets division. »

FIG Partners launches fixed income business

Fri, 05/03/2010 - 06:25
FIG Partners, an employee-owned broker/dealer specialising in bank and thrift stocks, has launched a fixed income business. »

Aros Capital to launch altruistic investment fund

Fri, 05/03/2010 - 05:56
Aros Capital Partners, an Anglo Danish investment manager, is launching a UK-managed global altruistic opportunities fund in the second quarter of 2010. »

IAI names Pinnacle Advisory Group as latest money manager

Thu, 04/03/2010 - 16:06
Investment Advisors International, the affiliate investment advisory firm of World Financial Group, has named Pinnacle Advisory Group as its newest third-party money manager. »

Canaccord Financial to acquire Genuity Capital Markets

Thu, 04/03/2010 - 14:38
Canaccord Financial has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Genuity Capital Markets, creating a full-service independent investment bank. »

Sales flows for Asian funds total USD95m in 2009

Thu, 04/03/2010 - 13:13
Sales flows for Asian funds totalled USD95bn in 2009, the smallest volume since 2004 and just 19 per cent of the sales in Asia’s peak year of 2007, a report by Lipper shows. »

BTIG expands fixed income sales team

Thu, 04/03/2010 - 12:17
BTIG, a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, has hired Alexander Piper and James Zurovchak to its fixed income group. »