As investors look to use gold as a hedge against inflation, JP Morgan has been the first tri-party collateral manager to accept physical gold as collateral to satisfy securities lending and repo obligations with counterparties.
Kiwi hedge fund manager 36 South Capital Advisors appointed SEI to provide full-service operational outsourcing for the firm's recently re-domiciled volatility funds.
LaSalle Investment Management has opened an office in Dubai to support the opportunities in the region and its existing Middle Eastern clients.
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched an active UK equity fund designed to challenge fee levels in the passive market.
Investors targeted developed-world equity markets in January following expectations that both the US and European Union will grow faster than expected during the first half of 2011.
HSBC has launched the HSBC MSCI China ETF in Europe with a 'highly competitive' total expense ratio of 0.60%.
