15 Aug 2010
Finance vacuum creates opportunity for private capital, says Cresco
The substantial withdrawal of bank finance seen over the course of the last three years has created a financing vacuum in the UK corporate…
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Atlantic, Montage and Palmer Square to seed emerging hedge funds
Atlantic Asset Management, Montage Asset Management and Palmer Square Capital Management have formed a joint venture to make seed…
12 Aug 2010
Investor flows into hedge funds jumped in July
The HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Index rose by 1.72 per cent in July and 1.84 per cent in the first seven months of 2010. The S&P 500 Total…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 0.7 per cent in July
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was up 0.7 per cent in July, lifting year-to-date gains to 0.8 per cent.Equity markets delivered solid…
Market conditions to benefit long/short equity and credit managers
Morten Spenner, chief executive at International Asset Management, believes credit and equity market conditions bode well for security…
S&P launches indices measuring risk premium between asset classes and markets
Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P Factor Indices, which seek to measure the risk premium inherent between asset classes and…
Eurex to offer euro gold contract
Derivatives exchange Eurex will launch futures and options on Xetra-Gold, an exchange-traded commodity in Germany. The new gold contracts…
Barclay Hedge Fund Index gains 2.15 per cent in July
Hedge funds gained 2.15 per cent in July, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 2.2 per cent…
Secured Life Fund offers lower risk than traded life policies, says Walters
A new income producing asset class based on securitising loans underpinned by US life insurance policies presents investors with…
Hedge fund trading volumes up 36 per cent
Hedge funds are quickly regaining some of the clout they lost in US fixed income markets during the market meltdown, a study by Greenwich…
Odeon Capital Group forms joint venture division in London
Odeon Capital Group is expanding into the international broker-dealer marketplace by partnering with Hobart Capital Markets to form a new…
11 Aug 2010
Hedge funds rise by 1.83 per cent in July
In line with global equity and bond markets, hedge funds delivered a solid return of 1.83 per cent for July, according to the Lipper Hedge…
Institutional support for hedge funds set to grow in coming year
Twenty nine per cent of investors plan to allocate more capital to hedge funds over the next 12 months, according to a survey of 50 hedge…
New heads for Jersey Funds Association
Nigel Strachan, Head of New Business for corporate clients at Kleinwort Benson (pictured above left), has been appointed Chairman of the…
10 Aug 2010
Salus Alpha RN Special Situations up 5.13 per cent month to date
The Salus Alpha RN Special Situations VT heads the list of Salus Alpha funds with a 5.13 per cent month to date return as of 30 July 2010.…
