14 Mar 2010
Asset manager launched to target distressed real estate
Resolute Asset Management has launched to offer clients asset management and consultancy services focussed on distressed debt and equity…
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Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 0.33 per cent in February
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index recorded a positive performance of 0.33 per cent in February 2010. The top performing strategies over the month…
Almost half of institutional investors considering Ucits funds in 2010
Ucits III is attracting growing numbers of hedge fund managers and investors, according to a survey by Preqin.In February 2010 Preqin…
12 Mar 2010
Fund professionals see further growth in Channel Islands business
Recent indications of growth in the Channel Islands funds sector are rooted in alternative investments, bespoke closed-ended funds and…
Australian hedge funds positive but subdued in February
Australian hedge funds rose by an estimated 0.18 per cent February with 29 per cent of results in, but there are clear signs that many…
Comment: The future of international financial centres
Geoff Cook (pictured), chief executive of Jersey Finance, argues that international financial centres such as Jersey, which are well…
11 Mar 2010
Ucits to transform alternative investment landscape
The widespread use of Ucits by the hedge fund industry is gaining momentum, said fund managers at a seminar hosted by the Irish Funds…
Direct Access Partners adds multi-prime brokerage offering
Direct Access Partners, an institutional agency-only brokerage firm, is expanding its service offering with the addition of global prime…
Hedge fund liquidations fall to pre-crisis levels
The number of new hedge fund launches increased in the fourth quarter of 2009 even as the pace of liquidations continued to decline,…
Newedge reorganises business line structure
Newedge, a provider of multi-asset brokerage and clearing services, is reorganising its global business line structure. Newedge says the…
Standard & Poor’s brings S&P 500 to India
Standard & Poor’s has licensed the National Stock Exchange of India to create and list Indian Rupee-denominated futures contracts on…
NYSE Euronext sells stake in US futures exchange to six firms
NYSE Euronext has sold a significant minority ownership stake in its US futures exchange, NYSE Liffe US, to six firms: Citadel Securities,…
10 Mar 2010
MFA forms affiliation with Texas Hedge Fund Association
The Managed Funds Association has formed an alliance with the Texas Hedge Fund Association, an education and advocacy organisation that…
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index up 0.87 per cent in February
Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up 0.87 per cent in February, based on 76 per cent of…
US dollar favourite currency of hedge fund managers in near term
The US dollar is the currency on which hedge fund managers are most bullish in the near term, research by TrimTabs Investment Research and…
