14 Dec 2009
Iveagh launches share class aimed at UK charity sector
Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office, is to launch a new share class for the Iveagh Wealth Fund to enable charities…
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Gartmore prices IPO at 220p per ordinary share
Gartmore Group, a traditional equity and alternative asset management firm, has priced its initial public offering of ordinary shares at…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index rises by 1.1 per cent
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index rose by 1.1 per cent in November, taking its year-to-date performance to 5.5 per cent.Markets faltered at…
13 Dec 2009
New opportunities for third-party administrators
The improved economic outlook has encouraged managers to launch a raft of new funds.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cThe improved economic…
Culross launches Long Term Alpha Fund
Culross Global Management, a London-based fund of hedge funds manager, has launched the Culross Long Term Alpha Fund. Over the past decade,…
Thames River Longstone Fund celebrates second anniversary
Thames River Longstone Fund says it has delivered positive performance in 20 out of 24 calendar months as it celebrates its second…
11 Dec 2009
Australian hedge funds return 1.98 per cent in November
Australian absolute return and hedge funds outperformed the ASX200 for the second month running in November, returning 1.98 per cent for…
Hedge Fund Replication Index up 1.1 per cent in November
The Hedge Fund Replication Index gained 1.1 per cent in November, bringing year to date gains to 9.0 per cent.Although this appears to…
10 Dec 2009
S&P launches carbon efficient index for emerging markets
Standard & Poor’s has launched an index that measures the performance of investable emerging market companies whose weighting is based…
The rise of new fund structures
Investors are embracing risk again and the hedge fund sector has bounced back to life. But things are not quite the same as they once were,…
Focus on due diligence raises new challenges
Due diligence has been thrust to the forefront of the alternative investment industry in the wake of the Madoff scandal and the Lehman…
Focusing on oversight in the post-Madoff world
For the hedge fund industry, the Madoff affair did not so much change the rules of the game, as embed them more rapidly and more deeply.For…
Service providers come to grips with new investor requirements
At the end of last year it was possible to believe that the hedge fund industry might be drastically reduced in size over the next couple…
Walkers sees significant opportunity for offshore services in Asia
The worldwide financial market's performance over the last 12 months has made some financial institutions and investors wary, but law firm…
Barclays lists iPath exchange-traded notes in Canada
Barclays Bank has introduced its iPath exchange-traded notes platform in Canada with the cross-listing of seven iPath ETNs on the Toronto…
