22 Aug 2010
Eight out of ten hedge fund strategies positive in July
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index gained 1.59 per cent in July, its highest performance since March 2010.Eight out of ten…
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BGC Partners acquires Mint Partners’ key businesses
BGC Partners, an intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, has completed the acquisition of various assets and businesses of Mint…
19 Aug 2010
Investors continue retreat from emerging markets hedge funds
Emerging markets hedge funds experienced a net withdrawal of USD1.5bn in the second quarter of 2010, according to figures released by Hedge…
Barclay CTA Index up 0.09 per cent in July
Managed futures gained 0.09 per cent in July, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Barclay CTA…
Custom House launches umbrella platform for emerging and start up managers
Custom House Global Fund Services has launched The Nascent Fund Sicav, an open-end Maltese domiciled Sicav umbrella fund platform for…
18 Aug 2010
Ticonderoga Securities launches coverage of energy sector
Ticonderoga Securities, an institutional broker dealer, has launched coverage of nine oil and gas companies in the energy sector under…
Convertible bonds record best performance in a year in July
After two months of severe disappointment stock market investors seemed to renew with unbridled optimism in July, with the S&P 500…
Australian hedge funds up 1.5 per cent in July
Australian hedge funds rose by 1.5 per cent in July, bringing their year-to-date performance to 0.32 per cent, according to Australian Fund…
Survey finds bearish sentiment waning as risk appetite improves
Bearish sentiment among investors about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings has eased, according to the BofA Merrill…
17 Aug 2010
LME approves Chicago and Detroit as delivery points for steel billet
The London Metal Exchange has approved Chicago and Detroit as points of good delivery for its steel billet contract.The new delivery points…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.59 per cent
Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 1.59 per cent in July and 2.22 per cent…
16 Aug 2010
Lipper calls for clearer disclosure of fund performance fees
Lipper has identified 81 open-ended funds in the UK with performance fees in place, a rise of 138 per cent from the 34 funds identified at…
RBC Hedge 250 Index up 0.90 per cent in July
The RBC Hedge 250 Index rose by 0.90 per cent in July 2010, bringing the year-to-date return of the index to 0.25 per cent. These returns…
15 Aug 2010
Firms to adopt unified market-data platform, says Tabb
The global financial markets are on the cusp of a new age of interconnectedness, an era when delivery of the right data to the right people…
Convergex launches Stock Loan Program
Convergex Group has launched a Stock Loan Program, a service that gives hedge funds and other clients access to the securities they need to…
