Sophis, a self styled provider of portfolio and risk management solutions to the sell side and the buy side, has released a new version of Convertibles On Line, its database with an integrated pricing library for convertible bonds. The new
Kaufman, Rossin & Co., an American accounting firm, has opened an office in the Cayman Islands to meet the regulatory needs of its hedge fund clients. The South Florida based practice is one of a few independent CPA firms in
Man Group announced today that its Man Multi Strategy Series 4 Ltd fund ("Series 4") had attracted the equivalent of US$365 million. Series 4 was a global offering in two currency classes, Euros and US dollars, and was primarily aimed
Monument Securities, the independent company that services institutions and professional investors, has hired Christopher Jeffrey as Senior Portfolio Manager. Jeffrey, aged 42, joins Monument Securities from Lombard Odier International, where he previously worked as Vice President (UK equities). In this
Liberty Ermitage announced today the launch of the Liberty Ermitage Global Strategy Fund, a multi strategy fund of funds investing across both directional and spread based hedge fund strategies. The company says that the fund, which it seeded with proprietary
Paul Myners thinks prime brokers could be next in line for a regulatory shake up. The former executive chairman of Gartmore, who has become something of a celebrity cum guru since he chaired the committee that produced the seminal official
Platinum Capital Management announced today that Eric L. Munson is to be President of Platinum Capital Management LLC, the new US affiliate of Platinum. The New York based affiliate was set up to distribute Platinum strategies in the US markets,
MSCI has published its November 2002 performance figures for the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices. They show that the equally weighted MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index increased by 1.12% for the month of November, under performing the MSCI World Equity Index,
The "global" settlement between US regulators and the leading investment banks over alleged conflicts of interest on Wall Street could amount to as much as $1 billion in fines and penalties, say reports. Regulators were organising a news conference on
SEI Investments announced today that its Alternative Investment Fund Services unit has hired Michael Leahy as its Head of Alternative Investments Operations. Leahy joins SEI after eleven years with Goldman Sachs's Hedge Fund Strategies group a $4.4 billion hedge fund