19 Jan 2010
Fidessa adds nine US options brokers to network
Fidessa, a provider of trading solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, has added nine brokerage firms offering US options execution…
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Risk appetite at four-year high as investors embrace equities
Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to work across the equity markets, according to the BofA…
Triple A in marketing partnership with Sparx
Triple A Partners, an Asian and emerging markets alternative fund company in the seeding and distribution business, will partner with Sparx…
Comment: Outlook for the Asia ex-Japan equity market in 2010
Hiroshi Yoh, CIO at Tokio Marine Asset Management (London), the Japanese and Asian equities specialist, reveals his outlook for Asia…
HedgeServ opens office in the Cayman Islands
Hedge fund administration provider HedgeServ is opening a Cayman Islands office. Greg Bennett, managing director, will head a team of 12…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 5.15 per cent in 2009
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 0.33 per cent in December, bringing its year-to-date performance to +5.15 per cent. The top performing…
HSBC launches Sterling class of Ucits AdvantEdge Fund
HSBC has launched a Sterling Class and a Sterling Institutional Class of its HSBC Ucits AdvantEdge fund of hedge funds.The Sterling classes…
18 Jan 2010
Finisterre launches emerging markets fund
Finisterre Capital, an emerging markets total return specialist, has launched the Finisterre Emerging Markets Fund with USD250m of initial…
Credit Suisse/Tremont index best annual return in ten years
Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 0.88 per cent in December and 18.57 per cent for the…
Signal Capital partners with Amasis Capital quant firm
New York-based Signal Capital Management has entered into an alliance with Swiss/Asian-based quant forex firm Amasis Capital…
InfoSpi to create USD500m green hedge fund
InfoSpi is to create a green hedge fund focusing on the carbon credit market.InfoSpi believes that demand for carbon offset credits will…
Marshall Wace launches equity market neutral ETF
Asset manager Marshall Wace has launched the MW Tops Global Alpha, the first equity market neutral exchange-traded fund. It is the first…
LME trading volume down one per cent in 2009
After four years of record volume trading, London Metal Exchange activity remained relatively flat in 2009 with total volumes of 111.9…
17 Jan 2010
Hedge fund assets to reach USD1.86trn in December 2010
The global hedge fund industry will have USD1.86trn of assets at the end of December 2010, according to a report on 2010 hedge fund themes…
Thames River launches absolute return fund of funds
Thames River Capital has launched a Ucits III absolute return fund of funds with GBP47m already raised. The Thames River Absolute Return…
