15 Feb 2005
Flood of Asia-focused hedge fund launches
The first few weeks of 2005 have seen a number of significant launches of hedge funds focused on Asia.* Gartmore has launched an…
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Aizawa Securities buys a stake in ProfitFundCom AG
Aizawa Securities Co Ltd, one of Japan's leading securities houses, has bought a minority stake in offshore fund management firm…
14 Feb 2005
Pirate Capital LLC adds two more analysts
Pirate Capital LLC has recently added two more analysts as the firm's assets grow to USD 370 million.Matt Goldfarb and Stephen Loukas…
Allianz Hedge Fund Partners celebrates three years in business
Allianz Hedge Fund Partners is celebrating three years in business, with the team members' history of hedge fund investing now extending to…
Liberty Ermitage to soft close Asset Selection fund
Liberty Ermitage is to close the current share classes of its Asset Selection fund to new investors. From 1 April, 2005, new investors will…
Julius Baer opens credit and emerging markets fund to public
Julius Baer has opened its third single manager hedge fund, the Julius Baer Credit and Emerging Markets hedge fund (JB CrEM fund), to…
03 Feb 2005
Tech Update I: New hedge fund email and IM archiving solution
Smarsh Inc is launching a new version of its archiving solution designed specifically for small to mid-sized hedge funds. The new solution…
Tech update II: Beauchamp FundManager taps in to Omgeo CTM
Beauchamp's portfolio management software system can now connect directly to Omgeo's automated back-office trade processing solution.Omgeo…
New appointment to Old Mutual quantitative strategies team
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) (OMAM) has appointed research analyst Dr Han Lin to its quantitative strategies team. OMAM manages over USD…
02 Feb 2005
Equity long/short FoHF records strong performance in 2004
Anthony Gibsons's Coronation Global Equity Fund, a USD 600 million long/short fund of hedge funds, generated a return of 13.87% in 2004.The…
Global hedge fund vacancies posted on Hedgeweek.com
A selection of the latest top-paying global hedge fund job vacancies posted on the Jobs section httpPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cA selection…
FGA appoints new Windward portfolio manager
Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, a member of the Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG), has appointed Timothy Hynes as a portfolio manager of…
Merger boosts HSBC flagship fund of hedge funds
The Alternative Class of the All Points Fund of Funds has become a feeder fund to the HSBC GH Fund, the flagship fund of the HSBC fund of…
01 Feb 2005
First State Investments seeks to raise USD 100m with five new FoHFs
First State Investments (a division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia) is launching five funds of hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman…
Bear Stearns FoHF Notes raise EUR 30 million
The issue of two capital guaranteed Notes by Bear Stearns Bank PLC in November last year raised a total of EUR 30 million.The Notes, linked…
