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Fund Administration News
News
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Events in North Africa could provide opportunities, according to fund manager
Feb 16, 2011 -
Smaller Asian economies offer best growth potential, according to RBC Capital Markets survey
Feb 14, 2011 -
Northern Trust makes senior hire in asset management division
Feb 14, 2011 -
Institutionalisation of investors prompts greater risk management and fee concessions
Feb 11, 2011 -
Hedge fund directors should sit on fewer boards and be paid more, according to industry experts
Feb 10, 2011
Press Releases
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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 -
Laven Partners launches Redflag database for professional investors
Jan 31, 2011 -
Global hedge fund industry not 'un-regulated' - AIMA
Jan 28, 2011 -
Deutsche Bank to provide third-party securities lending services for MOSERS
Jan 20, 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
Fund industry executives Glenn Henderson and Tim Calveley have teamed up with BV Investment Partners, a middle market private equity firm, in an agreement to acquire fund administrator Butterfield Fulcrum.
BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services (AIS) has appointed Alan Flanagan as head of global product management.
The influx of regulation and the renewed growth in the investment management industry could deliver a “one-two punch” for fund administrators in 2011, according to Confluence, a provider of automated data management services.
AIS Fund Administration has launched a secure document management and investor relations web portal for its hedge fund clients.
Dec 22, 2010
State Street Corporation is to provide fund administration to LibreMax Capital, a New York-based hedge fund that launched in October 2010.
AlphaMetrix has acquired Spectrum Global Fund Administration and will incorporate Spectrum’s operations onto its platform.
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS) and its alternative investments division JD Clark & Company (JDC) have been selected to provide back office services for Gottex Fund Management’s two new registered funds.
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
Fund administrator Northern Trust will assist fund managers with the production of Key Investor Information Documents (KIID) to help them meet Ucits IV requirements.
Dec 09, 2010
Fund administrator Centaur has appointed Gavan McGuire as its new head of business development in London. The Dublin-based firm, which was established in 2009, hopes to expand its influence in London and other financial centres.
Dec 06, 2010
