Hedgeweek Special Report on Luxembourg Hedge Fund Services 2008
Read how the introduction of the Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) has confirmed Luxembourg's position as a leading alternative investment fund centre. 
Monthly novation of CDS trades to exceed USD 45.2 trillion by 2010
Eighteen years after the credit default swap (CDS) was created to help firms hedge against the risk of default of a given asset, TABB Group estimates that the average notional value at risk (the total value of a leveraged position's assets) of trades novated monthly will exceed USD 45.2 trillion by 2010, an 88% CAGR (compound average growth...
ATEP expands investment team
Alliance Trust Equity Partners (ATEP), the private equity arm of Alliance Trust PLC, has appointed Layla Fear as Investment Manager. Fear will add to ATEP's skill set as it drives forward Alliance Trust's commitment to UK and European private equity through funds and co-investment.
RBC Capital Markets snaps up Bear Stearns team
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada today announced that it has hired 11 bankers from Bear Stearns to form a new US institutional equity sales and trading team to be based in London and Switzerland.
TriAlpha fund of hedge funds approved for distribution in Singapore
The five sub funds of TriAlpha Investment Advisors' TriAlpha Alternative Strategy Unit Trust have been approved as restricted recognised schemes for distribution in Singapore.
UK M&A market contracts by a quarter with opportunism increasingly likely to drive transactions, says Freshfields
The latest data on UK M&A published today by the Office of National Statistics demonstrates the effects of the credit crunch on the market, with the number and value of UK deals for the first half of this year falling by around a quarter compared to the same period a year ago, according to international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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The Hedgeweek Interview: Mohammed Hanif, Insparo Asset Management: "We aim to identify and execute opportunities that many managers have not even heard of"Fri, 05 September 2008
Asset managers and investors are starting to awaken to the potential offered by Africa after decades of misgovernment and economic stagnation.... |
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| Strategy | DTD | MTD | Index Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HFRX Absolute Return Index | 0.0746 | 0.0390 | 1156.71 |
| HFRX Convertible Arbitrage Index | -0.8606 | -1.1827 | 937.45 |
| HFRX Distressed Securities Index | -0.0761 | -0.3778 | 1370.63 |
| HFRX Equal Weighted Strategies Index | -0.3006 | -0.5940 | 1225.81 |
| HFRX Equity Hedge Index | -0.6972 | -1.3433 | 1254.82 |
| HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index | -0.0068 | -0.0903 | 1057.82 |
| HFRX Event Driven Index | -0.5531 | -1.3532 | 1379.86 |
| HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index | -0.4129 | -0.7883 | 1252.55 |
| HFRX Macro Index | 0.0959 | 0.4746 | 1346.14 |
| HFRX Market Directional Index | -0.6225 | -1.1033 | 1222.03 |
| HFRX Merger Arbitrage Index | 0.0653 | -0.1952 | 1328.60 |
| HFRX Relative Value Arbitrage Index | -0.3802 | -0.6486 | 1123.86 |
DEGI makes first investment in Japan
DEGI, part of Aberdeen Property Investors, has completed its first investment in Japan by signing the sales contract for the fully let retail property 'La Porte Shinsaibash' in Osaka. The property, purchased indirectly through a real estate...
Water Street Healthcare Partners closes USD 650m fund
Chicago-based Water Street Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the health care industry, has announced the closing of its second independent private equity fund, Water Street Healthcare Partners II, L.P. The fund...
DEGI makes first investment in Japan
DEGI, part of Aberdeen Property Investors, has completed its first investment in Japan by signing the sales contract for the fully let retail property 'La Porte Shinsaibash' in Osaka. The property, purchased indirectly through a real estate...
New db x-trackers ETF launched on Xetra
Deutsche Börse is further expanding its XTF segment for exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) on the pan-European Xetra trading platform and has admitted a new ETF issued by db-x-trackers to trading.
Comment: More consolidation and start-ups in hedge fund administration
Consolidation in the hedge funds administration industry has been picking up pace in the last two years. And even though it has somewhat slowed in...