14 Jun 2005
Mazzacurati takes over alternatives at BNP Paribas Asset Management
Chantal Mazzacurati has been appointed head of BNP Paribas' Alternative Investment Management and Structured and Indexed Management…
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13 Jun 2005
Palomar launches FoHF for structured credit strategies
Zurich-based Palomar Capital Advisors Ltd. has announced the first closing of a fund of funds dedicated to the structured credit…
Guernsey signs Letter of Intent with Hong Kong's SFC
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission have signed a Letter of Intent for enhanced…
Cadogan Management opens London office, hires Wilmot-Smith
New York-based FoHF manager Cadogan Management LLC has opened an office in London, with James Wilmot-Smith joining as Managing…
02 Jun 2005
Dow Jones Industrial Average posts 2.6% gain in May, European stocks gain 3.34%, Asia rises 0.02% and World equities rise by 1.72%
The US blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.60% in May, closing at 10457.80.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cThe US blue-chip Dow Jones…
Gilles Glicenstein appointed chairman of BNP PAM
Gilles Glicenstein has been appointed head of asset management business and chairman of BNP PAM SAS, the firm's main asset management…
Horizon appoints new executive VP and senior managing partner
Horizon Cash Management has promoted Pauline Slager to executive vice president, finance, and senior managing partner. Slager has been an…
01 Jun 2005
Eurex offers hedging of the German market with DAX Futures
Eurex is offering customers highly liquid instruments for directional trading and hedging of the German market with DAX Futures. They are…
EDHEC report reveals one positive strategy in April
The latest data from EDHEC suggests that the only hedge fund strategy that yielded positive returns in April was short selling.The month…
New GIB UK launch sees assets under management top USD 15 billion
Assets under management at Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd have topped USD 15 billion with the launch of its FAB CBO 2005-1. The…
31 May 2005
EBS paves way for PTC FX community in Asia and Australasia, opens for business in Korea
The EBS Prime offering for non-bank FX traders, including hedge funds, is to be extended to Asia following significant take-up in Europe…
Tech Update: AlternativeSoft updates fund of funds construction platform
AltenativeSoft has released a new version of its HFOptimizer fund of funds construction platform allowing users to rate funds both…
Simon Gray looks at how Dublin's hedge fund administrators are coping with the challenges of rapid growth
Is Dublin's financial services industry in danger of losing its momentum? At first sight, it's hard to credit. In the decade or so since…
30 May 2005
Private equity firms face increasing competition from hedge funds
Berwin Leighton Paisner's Timothy Spangler and Daljit Singh examine the implications of the entry of hedge funds into the realm of private…
UBS pension funds report examines impact of hedge funds
UK pension funds and other institutions are increasingly awakening to the diversification benefits of hedge funds, according to a new…
