28 Oct 2009
Jupiter to launch two Ucits III funds for Philip Gibbs
Jupiter Asset Management is to launch two Ucits III funds for fund manager Philip Gibbs.The two unit trust funds, which have been…
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Cedrus launches two global nanotechnology indices
Cedrus Investments, a boutique investment firm, has launched two global nanotechnology indices: Cedrus Nanotechnology Index – Diversified…
Hedge Funds Care to hold fifth London fundraising benefit
Hedge Funds Care, an alliance of hedge fund industry professionals committed to protecting children from abuse and neglect, is holding its…
27 Oct 2009
US institutions increase use of highly liquid equity derivatives
US institutions are increasing their use of highly liquid "flow" equity derivatives, but declines in asset values and a sharp falloff in…
Collins Stewart launches fund of absolute return funds
Collins Stewart Fund Management has launched the Collins Stewart Alternative Strategies Fund. With a target return objective of consistent…
Guernsey fund industry finds growth areas in tough market conditions
Guernsey’s fund servicing industry rose by more than six per cent to reach 2,057 funds and sub-funds at the end of June 2009, with total…
BlueCrest launches equity market neutral fund
BlueCrest Capital Management has launched a multi-strategy equity market neutral fund called BlueCube. The new fund currently trades a…
Naissance launches Women’s Leadership Fund
Naissance Capital, a Swiss-based alternative investments manager, has launched the Women’s Leadership Fund to invest in companies having a…
Comment: Redrafted AIFM Directive is being watered down for good reason
Peter Mills, Managing Director of Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Fund Services Limited, examines Sweden’s redraft of the EU’s proposed…
Molinero Capital launches systematic CTA hedge fund
Hedge fund manager Molinero Capital Management has launched Molinero Global Markets Fund, a systematic CTA hedge fund.Laven Partners, the…
Man launches Man IP 220 Series 7
Man Investments has launched the latest addition to its flagship IP 220 family – Man IP220 Series 7. This issuance builds upon the IP 220…
26 Oct 2009
Service providers take stock as downturn offers pause for breath
The past 12 months have seen a sharp fall in new private equity business coming to Guernsey and little transaction activity in either…
Guernsey ready to adapt to maintain private equity appeal
In a new world where offshore financial centres are being called upon to adopt a wide range of regulatory and transparency standards in…
The AIFM directive and beyond
This year the private equity industry in Guernsey has been preoccupied to a lesser or greater degree by prospect of the European Union’s…
Matrix-PVE Fund raises over USD100m
Matrix Alternative Asset Management and PVE Capital have joined forces to raise a hedge fund which with further commitments will total some…
