18 Jul 2011
Uncertainty in Europe and the US pushes investors towards gold
Investors are increasingly looking to gold as a safe haven as the US Dollar, Pound Sterling and the Euro continue to devalue against…
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Preliminary acceptance rate of Alpha Beta's Deutsche Borse offer exceeds minimum acceptance threshold
Based on the declarations of acceptance booked and/or submitted so far by custodian banks for the offer from Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding…
17 Jul 2011
State Street Vision report examines reinvention in the hedge fund industry
State Street Corporation has published a new Vision Report examining the re-emergence of the hedge fund industry and the new dynamic…
14 Jul 2011
US economy can be transformed by realising the 'promise of natural gas'
The US has just begun to “realise the promise of natural gas” and it “should seize the moment to transform the American economy,” according…
Target your sales and marketing communications more effectively
ProFundCom is a must-have, state-of-the-art hedge fund marketing and sales intelligence software platform that delivers highly detailed…
AEGON to rebrand its UK-based asset management activities as Kames Capital
AEGON will rebrand its asset management activities in the United Kingdom to Kames Capital to enhance its distinctive investment…
13 Jul 2011
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index records a negative performance of 2.15% in June
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 2.15% in June. Year-to-date performance* as of June 2011 is down 1.85%. The month of June was quite…
Citi white paper outlines top five issues facing OTC derivative investors, post Dodd-Frank
Citi has released a new white paper that outlines the top five issues that OTC Derivative investors must plan for in the wake of Dodd-Frank…
12 Jul 2011
Hedge fund inflows negative in July says GlobeOp
Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index were negative 0.2% in July."July flows again reflected quarterly…
Hedge funds down 1.2% in June, says Hennessee
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -.20% in June (+1.45% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined 1.83% (+5.01% YTD), the Dow Jones…
Comment: Omens aren't good for Italian bond market
Andrew Morris, managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and their…
Société Générale selects Lombard Risk's COLLINE for global collateral management
Lombard Risk Management plc has announced a major global contract with another tier one bank - Société Générale - for its COLLINE…
Distribution at the heart of MontLake platform
Come September, ML Capital’s dedicated Ucits platform, MontLake, is on target to have four funds operating on it, in what is so far turning…
Alternative Ucits prosper but will QIFs and SIFs spoil the party?
By James Williams – The last twelve months have done a lot to consolidate peoples’ views of alternative Ucits. Fund managers have started…
Investor complacency creeping into Ucits space
Funds of Ucits hedge funds are a recent product development: the Gottex Absolute Return Fund, a multi-strategy product, launched 7 July…
