26 Aug 2010
S&P expands range of risk control indices
Standard & Poor’s is extending its range of risk control indices with the launch of two risk control index series. The S&P 500…
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25 Aug 2010
Dutch allocation auctions to be held on 14 October and 18 November
The Dutch Ministries of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and Economic Affairs intend to auction four million EU emission…
Illiquid trading dominates as secondary market awaits locked up funds
Hedgebay’s monthly secondary market index continued its general trend of recent months with near-par trading, deals at around 100 per cent…
24 Aug 2010
Chi-X Europe receives offer enquiry from third party
Chi-X Europe, the pan-European equities exchange, has received an enquiry from a third party which may or may not lead to an offer for the…
Insparo chooses Throgmorton for back office accountancy services
Insparo Asset Management, the frontier markets investment specialist, has appointed Throgmorton UK, one of the UK’s largest accountancy and…
Interest rate volatility boosts South African hedge funds
A combination of a volatile interest rate environment and increased regulation imposed on US banks regarding the use of capital for…
Managed futures post mixed returns for July
Managed futures managers experienced mixed performance for July, the latest report from Lipper Tass shows. While discretionary managers saw…
Hedge funds will confront macro-arbitrage opportunities after summer lull
The structure of the hedge fund business is now more at risk of declining if performance is not sustained, a report by Lipper says. This is…
Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index rises 2.7 per cent in July
The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index rose 2.7 per cent in July, while the currency-hedged Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index…
Moody Aldrich and Wilshire launch hedge fund seeding platform
Moody Aldrich Partners, a privately held investment firm in Boston, has reached an agreement with Wilshire Funds Management, a business…
Long/short equity can offer better opportunity than long-only, says Credit Suisse
Long/short equity strategies appear to offer an alternative investment opportunity for equity investors versus long-only investing, a paper…
Way Group launches Absolute Return Portfolio Fund
The Way Group has launched the Absolute Return Portfolio Fund, one of three new investment funds to use a new tiered performance fee…
Future Capital chief executive set for Northwest Passage expedition
Tim Levy, chief executive of GBP6bn alternative investment firm Future Capital Partners, is about to embark on a expedition led by Bear…
23 Aug 2010
Comment: New competition guidelines will require greater care in discussing and documenting decisions
Joseph F Winterscheid (pictured), partner and head of the global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group at McDermott Will & Emery,…
Merrion opens up High Alpha Fund
The Merrion High Alpha Fund reached its three year anniversary on 16 August, having delivered growth of 103 per cent since launch and 26.6…
