29 Aug 2013
Hedge Fund Association forms academic advisory board
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has formed an academic advisory board to empower and educate students and others about the hedge fund…
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27 Aug 2013
EDHEC-Risk plans inaugural Days North America conference in New York
The inaugural EDHEC-Risk Days North America conference will take place at The Crowne Plaza in New York on 8-9 October 2013. Debates on the…
Have you outgrown your portfolio management system?
Seven Sure Signs – If your system is falling behind, your business will follow, says Advent Software, a provider of portfolio management…
Patience is key for India investors
Avinash Vazirani, manager of the Jupiter India Fund says Indian politics, a rudderless central bank and US tapering fears are all playing…
26 Aug 2013
Saxo Bank doubles earnings in H1 2013
Saxo Bank more than doubled earnings in the first half of 2013 compared to the first half of 2012, while net profit grew more than six…
UBS Global Asset Management splits hedge fund business
UBS Global Asset Management’s Alternative and Quantitative Investments (A&Q) hedge fund platform is being reorganised into two separate…
Blackstone targets retail investors
Blackstone Group and Fidelity Investments aim to expand their reach to retail clients and rid the hedge fund market of its perceived…
23 Aug 2013
UK business and consumer confidence climbing
Nancy Curtin, Chief Investment Officer of Close Brothers Asset Management comments on the upward revision of UK GDP growth…Barely months…
Ignis reports net new business of GBP0.9bn in H1 2013
Ignis Asset Management attracted GBP0.9bn of net inflows in the six months ended 30 June 2013, including GBP344m of net inflows into the…
22 Aug 2013
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.88 per cent in July
Hedge funds, as measured by the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished July up 0.88 per cent with two out of 10 strategies in positive…
21 Aug 2013
Eurex to launch FX derivatives
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange will introduce currency derivatives (FX contracts) as exchange-listed products as of 7…
Counsel Portfolio Services appoints PanAgora as asset allocation specialist for two portfolios
Counsel Portfolio Services has appointed PanAgora Asset Management as the tactical asset allocation specialist and sub-advisor for Counsel…
Visium Asset Management launches first mutual fund
Visium Asset Management has launched the Visium Event Driven Fund (VIDVX), the first mutual fund offering for the alternative asset…
20 Aug 2013
Rupee on the ropes
The Indian rupee has fallen sharply in recent sessions, despite the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) efforts to stabilise the currency…
FPA launches global value strategy
Value investing specialist FPA is launching a Global Value Strategy on 1 September, which will be overseen by Gregory A Herr and Pierre O…
