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BTIG expands fixed income platform

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:49
BTIG, a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, has hired seven senior professionals in its fixed income group focusing on the areas of high yield/distressed, emerging markets and capital markets. »

PILinvests and Quantum LifeCare to launch care home sector fund

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:45
Alternative investment fund specialist PILinvests is teaming up with Quantum LifeCare to launch The Park Gate Care Home fund. »

Matrix Asia Fund expands team

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:03
Matrix Asia Fund has added Sam West to its team, joining Rupert Foster and David Peerless. »

Ziegler names Tom Paprocki chief executive

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 12:00
Ziegler has appointed Tom Paprocki as chief executive officer following the retirement of John Mulherin. »

Liontrust appoints head of retail

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 10:26
John Ions has joined Liontrust Asset Management as head of retail, a newly-created role. »

Standard Life Strategic Bond Fund celebrates first anniversary

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 06:22
Standard Life Investments is celebrating the first anniversary of its GBP43m Strategic Bond Fund. »

Real estate sector funds see another USD179 m of inflows

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 06:16
Real estate sector funds took in another USD179m of inflows during the week ending 3 February, replacing energy sector funds as the year-to-date inflow leader among commodity funds, according to EPFR Global. »

Hedge funds perform well amid business model changes

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 06:07
Fitch Ratings says the hedge fund industry performed well in quarter four 2009 and experienced a return of net new money inflows. »

Julius Baer increases net profits by seven per cent in 2009

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 16:00
Swiss private banking group Julius Baer increased its net profits by seven per cent to CHF473m at the end of 2009, while total client assets increased by 25 per cent to CHF241bn. »

Barnaby Grist joins Cetera to lead expansion of advisory platform

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 13:02
Cetera Financial Group has appointed Barnaby Grist as executive vice president, wealth management, effective 10 February. »

National Financial Partners names senior vice president of investor relations

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 12:10
National Financial Partners, a distributor of benefits, insurance and investment advisory services, has appointed Abbe F. Goldstein as senior vice president of investor relations.  »

CME achieves strongest quarterly performance of 2009 in Q4

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 10:25
CME Group has reported fourth quarter GAAP revenues of USD667m and GAAP operating income of USD402m.  »

Ignis and Castle Hill form partnership

Fri, 05/02/2010 - 06:16
Ignis Asset Management has entered into a partnership with Castle Hill Asset Management. »

Middle East fund managers remain positive despite events in Dubai

Fri, 05/02/2010 - 06:00
While the events in Dubai during November took many fund managers in the Middle East by surprise, most are still positive on the prospects for the region, says Standard & Poor’s Fund Services in its latest annual review of the sector. »

Aegon launches global opportunities fund

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 16:03
Aegon Asset Management is launching a global opportunities fund targeting investors wanting global macro exposure. »

PIC insures Liberty International defined benefit pension scheme

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 13:58
Pension Insurance Corporation is to insure the Liberty International Group retirement benefit scheme. »

BMO subscribes to Algo First database of risk events

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 12:08
BMO Financial Group has signed a subscription agreement for access to Algorithmics’ Algo First database of case studies, covering more than 9,000 operational risk events. »

Oxford Capital offers tax relief solution for current tax year

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 10:28
Investment manager Oxford Capital says investors have the opportunity to claim income tax relief for the 2009/10 tax year by investing in its new Approved EIS Fund. »

Stuart Karr to become head of alternative investments at Levin-Mayer

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 06:20
Commodity broker and introducing brokerage firm Levin-Mayer has appointed Stuart Karr, who most recently headed the firm's brokerage business, as head of alternative investments. »

Commodities start 2010 on a negative note

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 06:06
The S&P GSCI declined 7.89 per cent in January as each of its main components landed in negative territory during the month. »