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Prime Brokerage News
News
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FSA rules forcing hedge funds to record and archive cell phone conversations to increase cost burdens
Mar 01, 2011 -
Credit Suisse investor survey predicts 18% growth in hedge fund AuM in 2011
Mar 01, 2011 -
Factor Advisors launches spread ETFs on NYSE Arca
Feb 25, 2011 -
Lynx Asset Management unveils Ucits-compliant fund on DB platform
Feb 25, 2011 -
Ireland's assets under administration experiences strong growth
Feb 24, 2011
Press Releases
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FIX launches Wiki web tool to make it easier for users to share knowledge of FIX implementations
Mar 01, 2011 -
ZAN Partners implements Paladyne FastStart™ as its Integrated Front-, Middle-, and Back-Office ASP Solution
Mar 01, 2011 -
Apex Fund Services opens Cayman office
Feb 21, 2011 -
VITEOS announces significant growth in assets under administration
Feb 07, 2011 -
Deutsche Bank and Traxis launch Ucits compliant global equity macro fund
Feb 01, 2011
Opinion
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Alpha Waves: Road Warriors in the Transparency Wars
Jan 31, 2011 -
The unnoticed custody constraint in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
Jan 20, 2011 -
The drivers of hedge fund returns: Identifying risk and alpha
Jan 20, 2011 -
Alpha Waves: The Pebble in The Pond
Jan 20, 2011 -
Operational due diligence gets real at GAIM Ops Europe
Nov 02, 2010
The management team of PCS Dunbar Securities will join Cantor Fitzgerald’s prime services division. Cantor acquired PCS Dunbar Securities in January 2011.
Cantor Fitzgerald is expected to acquire PCS Dunbar Securities’ prime brokerage division raising further doubts about the viability of mini primes.
Gar Wood Securities has appointed John McCorvey III (pictured) as senior vice president of its global prime brokerage business as part of the firm’s expansion to its capital introduction service.
Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance business has unveiled a prime services mobile application for the iPad and Iphone.
Tim Wannenmacher, global head of prime services for Nomura Holdings, has resigned just one week after he laid out his plans to make the bank the dominant prime broker in Japan.
Dec 17, 2010
Citigroup has expanded its Asian prime brokerage team with a series of hires, according to Bloomberg News.
Dec 16, 2010
Citi Prime Finance has unveiled its Business Advisory Practice which will provide hedge funds of all sizes with consultancy services, thought leadership and industry insight.
Dec 10, 2010
Hedge funds employ an estimated 300,000 people worldwide, according to a groundbreaking survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the body that represents the hedge fund industry.
Dec 10, 2010
Prime broker and technology provider Merlin Securities is to offer custody and clearing services in Canada through the National Bank Correspondent Network (NBCN), a subsidiary of National Bank Financial.
Nov 11, 2010
Hedge funds are recovering from the crisis but major challenges still need to be overcome, according to senior figures at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).
Nov 04, 2010
