05 Aug 2010
Ramius calls for changes to board structure of Extreme Networks
Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors has delivered a letter to the board of directors of Extreme Networks expressing its concern regarding…
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Gulf International Bank launches emerging market opportunities fund
Gulf International Bank (UK) has launched an Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund with assets of more than USD100m. The fund is a…
GlobeOp assets under administration rise by ten per cent
GlobeOp Financial Services, a provider of business process outsourcing, financial technology services and analytics to hedge funds and…
Guernsey gets 'it': Ditching the domino and the Bilski bonus
In this article Elaine Gray (pictured), Partner in AO Hall – Legal Specialists, looks at a key opportunity offered by Guernsey’s new patent…
04 Aug 2010
Hedge funds rebound to post strongest year-to-date returns in July
Returns for the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Indices suggest that hedge funds produced positive returns across strategies in July…
Dutch hedge funds down 1.04 per cent in June
Dutch hedge funds avoided most of the drawdowns in equity markets in June. The Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index fell by 1.04 per cent…
03 Aug 2010
NYSE Euronext reports net income of USD184m for Q2
NYSE Euronext has reported net income of USD184m or USD0.70 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2010, compared to a net loss of…
Qbasis Futures Fund launches in UK
The Qbasis Futures Fund, the first managed futures exchange-traded fund, has been given the go-ahead by the Financial Services Authority to…
02 Aug 2010
Hedge Fund Association sponsors US cycling race
The Hedge Fund Association is sponsoring the AT&T USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship at the Glencoe Grand Prix,…
State Street identifies new approaches to managing portfolio risks
The market volatility over the course of 2007 to 2009 has challenged long-held tenets of asset allocation, including investors’ reliance on…
Comment: Property & Tax – how to get the best from Tax Tribunals
Maryanna Sharrock, partner and Catherine Robinson (pictured far left, with Sharrock), associate in the tax group at law firm Stephenson…
Australian hedge funds outperform local index by ten per cent
Although Australia’s hedge fund sector has not entirely escaped the damage, it has outperformed the local index by over ten per cent…
01 Aug 2010
Ignis launches UK Enhanced Income Fund
Ignis Asset Management has launched the Ignis UK Enhanced Income Fund. The fund, which soft launched on 27 July 2010, employs a covered…
Hedge funds limit losses in June as markets continue to fall
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index cut net exposures and limited the losses experienced by markets in…
Acquisition of Interactive Data completed
Interactive Data, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, has been acquired by investment funds managed by…
