26 Mar 2013
Hedge Fund Research – Best Index Provider
Kenneth Heinz (pictured) is President of Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research. Since it was established in 1992, HFR has become the standard…
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Dexia Asset Management – Best Fixed Income Manager
The UCITS IV-compliant Dexia Long Short Credit fund launched in October 2009. The fund builds its long and short positions by screening for…
Winton Capital Management – Best Managed Futures/CTA
In 1997, David Harding and two employees established Winton with approximately USD2million. Today, that figure stands at an incredible…
Mendon Capital Advisors – Best Equity Long/Short Manager
Mendon Capital Advisors is based in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1996 by Anton Schutz (pictured), the fund employs a long/short equity…
Hedgeweek Global Awards 2013: The Winners
The winners of the Hedgeweek Global Awards 2013, as voted for by our readers…Best Long/Short Fund Manager – Mendon Capital Advisors Best…
Guernsey Funds Forum 2013 goes back to the future
With just under six weeks to go until the Guernsey Funds Forum 2013, Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance –…
Gladden, Kuntz and Vernon launch Witherspoon Asset Management
Three veteran investment professionals have teamed up to form Witherspoon Asset Management, a Princeton-based investment…
AcenciA reports 9.7 per cent increase in NAV and share price in 2012
AcenciA Debt Strategies has reported an increase in the net asset value of 9.7 per cent as at 31 December 2012 to 103.38p and a share price…
Agecroft Partners wins Hedgeweek 2013 Third Party Marketer of the Year award
Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund consultant and third party marketer, has won the Hedgeweek 2013 Award for Third Party Marketer of the…
Apex to offer free office space and advisory service for fund start-ups
Apex Fund Services, one of the world’s largest independent fund administration companies, is offering free office facilities and fund…
Gottex returned to operational profitability in second half of 2012
Gottex Fund Management returned to operational cash flow profitability in the second half of 2012, according to the company’s annual…
25 Mar 2013
Man extends funding of Oxford-Man Institute to 2018
Man Group has extended its funding of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI) to 2018. This five-year funding extension…
Cairn closes first new European arbitrage CLO
Cairn Capital has closed Cairn CLO III BV, its new EUR300m CLO and the first-to-market European arbitrage CLO since 2008. The transaction,…
22 Mar 2013
More wealthy Americans turn to alternative investments to reach financial goals
Affluent Americans are more likely to allocate assets to alternative investment strategies in asset classes such as private equity, real…
SGSS in Luxembourg develops services offering for alternative funds
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has created a centre of expertise in Luxembourg for alternative funds, which provides specific…
