04 May 2010
Capital flows to Asian hedge funds stall
Following two consecutive quarters of capital inflows, the Asian hedge fund industry saw net redemptions of approximately USD700m in the…
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Citco Fund Services becomes sub-administrator for OpHedge funds
Citco Fund Services and OpHedge Investment Services have joined forces to provide their clients with enhanced fund administration and…
Merrion launches Ucits European long short equity fund
Merrion Investment Managers has recruited a long short equity team, comprised of Michael Nicol and Alistair MacDonald, to manage a new…
Allied Properties acquires office in Montreal
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has entered into an agreement to purchase 645 Wellington Street in Montreal for CAD10.5m.…
NYSE Euronext net income totals USD130m
NYSE Euronext has reported net income of USD130m or USD0.50 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2010, compared to net income of…
Foreign exchange market cools as financial markets stabilise
Worldwide foreign exchange trading volume declined by approximately six per cent to just under USD100trn last year, according to Greenwich…
Comment: US public pension funds to increase allocation to hedge funds at greater rate than corporate pension plans
Donald A. Steinbrugge (pictured), Managing Member Agecroft Partners, LLC, predicts that United States public pension funds will increase…
Jersey top offshore financial centre
Jersey is the only offshore centre to place in the top 20 of global finance centres in an industry listing.Jersey took 18th position in the…
03 May 2010
Carlyle acquires USD5.1bn of assets from Stanfield Capital
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has agreed to purchase the management contracts on USD5.1bn in collateralised loan obligations and…
C.P. Eaton launches RMB fundraising platform
C.P. Eaton Partners has launched a platform to enable all of its current and future general partners access to RMB capital sources within…
Barclays’ Radar strategy now available on Nucleus
Barclays Capital Fund Solutions says its Research Analysis Driven Absolute Return strategy is now available on Nucleus.The addition of…
Lyxor and Martin Currie launch China Dragon Fund
Lyxor Asset Management and Martin Currie have launched the Lyxor/Martin Currie China Dragon Fund. The fund is a non-benchmarked long/short…
Emerging markets key driver for healthcare sector growth
Polar Capital’s healthcare investment team believes AstraZeneca’s results are evidence of the growing importance of emerging markets in the…
ICE adds emissions trading with acquisition of Climate Exchange
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), the operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and OTC markets, is to acquire Climate…
30 Apr 2010
Altin returns 13.57 per cent for 2009
Swiss alternative investment company Altin delivered a positive investment performance of 13.57 per cent for 2009, outperforming the HFRI…
