22 Jun 2010
Credit Suisse and Dow Jones join forces on hedge fund indexes
Credit Suisse and Dow Jones Indexes have signed an agreement covering the calculation, licensing, branding and marketing of the hedge fund…
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RHJ International acquires KBC Asset Management Dublin
RHJ International has agreed with KBC Asset Management to buy KBC Asset Management Dublin for a total upfront cash consideration of…
Hedge funds should not be seen as alternative asset class, says Hewitt
Hewitt Associates, a consulting and outsourcing company, says hedge funds should no longer be seen as just an alternative asset class and…
Asian institutions building out internal investment capabilities
Asian institutions’ appetite for external asset management is growing slowly with the recovery in global markets, but new research from…
21 Jun 2010
RWC Partners' Ajay Gambhir to launch Ucits III absolute return fund
RWC Partners’ Ajay Gambhir is set to launch the RWC Europe Absolute Alpha Fund, a Ucits III pan-European long/short equity fund. The new…
HSBC Ucits AdvantEdge Fund completes passporting to Germany and France
Following the initial launch of the HSBC Ucits AdvantEdge Fund in October 2009, the fund has now successfully completed the passporting…
New Haven pension fund selects IndexIQ for alternative investment allocation
The City of New Haven’s Employee Retirement Fund has invested USD8m in IndexIQ’s multi-strategy hedge fund replication separately managed…
Hedge funds record lowest performance since November 2008
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index lost 2.76 per cent in May, its lowest performance since November 2008.Nine out of ten strategies…
Deutsche Bank and Winton launch Ucits III fund
Deutsche Bank and Winton Capital Management have launched a Ucits III compliant version of Winton’s flagship Diversified Program. The Ucits…
20 Jun 2010
NewAlpha launches fourth hedge fund seeding vehicle
NewAlpha has launched NewAlpha Genesis 4, a contractual fund currently being established with a view to invest in French and foreign hedge…
Equity swaps critical tool for hedge funds accessing emerging markets
Hungry for alpha, hedge funds are turning to equity swaps and synthetic prime to access emerging markets offering attractive spreads and…
Barclay CTA Index down 0.77 per cent in May
Managed futures lost 0.77 per cent in May, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.“The slowing of growth in China,…
18 Jun 2010
Institutional investment in hedge funds on the rise
Institutional investment in hedge funds has been intensifying since the end of 2009, with institutions now providing 72 per cent of the…
Asia Alternative Investment Summary: Hedgeweek’s round-up of the latest launches and hedge fund developments across Asia
Akira Yaku and Kentaro Ishizaki, former proprietary traders at Mizuho Securities Co., have announced plans to start a Japan-focused hedge…
17 Jun 2010
LCH.Clearnet adopts OIS discounting for USD218trn IRS portfolio
LCH.Clearnet, which operates the interest rate swap clearing service SwapClear, is to begin using the overnight index swap rate curves to…
