12 Apr 2010
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index up 2.09 per cent in March
Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up 2.09 per cent in March, the highest return since…
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Ramius to advise Perpetual on hedge fund activities
Ramius Alternative Solutions, a division of Cowen Group, has been chosen by Perpetual Investment Management to advise its multi manager…
Prime Fund Solutions named best hedge fund administrator
Prime Fund Solutions has been named the Best Hedge Fund Administrator 2010 at the inaugural Hedgeweek awards. The award was presented to…
11 Apr 2010
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 2.12 per cent in March
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index recorded a positive performance of 2.12 per cent in March 2010. The top performing strategies over the month…
HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index up 2.7 per cent in March
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 2.7 per cent in March, the highest gain since September 2009.For the quarter the index gained…
Hedge funds advance 3.05 per cent in March
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 3.05 per cent in March, bringing the return for the year to date to 3.50 per cent.The S&P 500…
Dow Jones Indexes launches US Contrarian Opportunities Index
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the US Contrarian Opportunities Index. The new rules-based index seeks to measure a "contrarian" investment…
08 Apr 2010
ESAF and BAF launch fund of Ucits III funds
ESAF – Espírito Santo International Management has launched a new fund of Ucits III funds. It has designated BAF (Blue Activos Financeiros…
Belstar closes funds specialising in TALF credit opportunities
Belstar Group, a private investment firm specialising in alternative investment strategies, has closed the Belstar Credit Fund and Belstar…
Atalaya closes oversubscribed third special opportunities fund
New York-based Atalaya Capital has closed its third fund offering which targets special opportunity investments in the small and middle…
Skandia adds fixed interest strategy to alternatives fund
Skandia Investment Group is adding long-short fixed interest to the range of strategies found in its Alternative Investments Fund.The move…
07 Apr 2010
Dreyfus Dynamic Alternatives Fund is launched
The Dreyfus Corporation, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has launched the Dreyfus Dynamic Alternatives Fund, a mutual fund designed to…
MF Global joins SGX securities market as trading member
MF Global Singapore has become a trading member of the Singapore Exchange securities market. MF Global is currently a trading and clearing…
US Treasury market headed toward rapid growth in trading volume
Competition in the US Treasury market has been sparse with the number of primary dealers on the decline since the mid-1980s, but according…
BlueMountain raises more than USD250m for three credit funds
BlueMountain Capital Management has raised more than USD250m for three new funds designed to pursue credit market opportunities in the…
