23 Apr 2004
Convertible Arbitrage Index records small gain
The Convertible Arbitrage Index recorded a tiny gain of 0.01% to record the only progress among the HFRX Indices in the week ended 19 April…
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22 Apr 2004
Magnum Launches Optimized Portfolio Fund
Magnum Fund Management Ltd.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cMagnum Fund Management Ltd. has launched the new Magnum Optimized Portfolio Fund (a…
21 Apr 2004
Bermuda Business Briefing heads for New York
The Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA) is sponsoring a Bermuda Business Briefing in New York hosted by the Premier of…
20 Apr 2004
Bank of Bermuda appoints Director of Sales in San Francisco
The Global Fund Services division of The Bank of Bermuda Limited (a member of the HSBC Group) has appointed Jackie Tomecek Vice President,…
S&P to launch new index of equity long/short funds
Standard & Poor's is planning to launch the S&P Equity Long/Short Index, which will be the latest addition to its growing range of…
19 Apr 2004
Martin Currie exceeds USD 1 billion in assets under management
Hedge funds at Martin Currie, the Edinburgh-based specialist investment manager, this week passed the USD 1 billion level, eighteen months…
16 Apr 2004
Eurex achieves record March turnover with over 117 million contracts
March 2004 was the most successful month in the history of Eurex, the international derivatives exchange.Eurex broke the existing…
15 Apr 2004
Massachusetts pension allocates USD 1.7 billion to hedge funds
The Massachusetts state pension fund is allocating USD 1.7 billion to five funds of hedge funds managers to help diversify risks and…
BISYS launches complete compliance service for SEC Rule 38a-1
BISYS has launched its comprehensive ComplianceEDGE program, which provides the policies, procedures, testing, reporting, and recordkeeping…
14 Apr 2004
SEC examiners will request advisers to produce their e-mail
Are registered investment advisers in the US required to adopt a formal e-mail retention policy? This note from law firm Tannenbaum Helpern…
BNP Paribas to acquire Javelin fund of hedge funds business
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP PAM) has agreed to acquire the USD 650 million Javelin fund of hedge funds business from ZCM Investor…
13 Apr 2004
Mellon HBV refocuses US Special Situations strategy
Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies has refocused the mandate of its US special situations investment strategy to take advantage of key…
Hedge fund allocations to Japan double to USD 72 billion
Total hedge fund capital allocated to Japan's equity markets more than doubled on a year-on-year basis to USD 72 billion at the end of…
31 Mar 2004
Arundel Partners to launch innovative hedge fund seeding vehicle
In conjunction with a group of substantial European-based family offices, Arundel Partners, the London-based hedge fund investment group,…
US pension plans report sharp increase in hedge fund allocations
Hedge fund use by US pension funds, endowments, and foundations remained on a steep upward curve throughout 2003, with 23% of funds…
