22 Sep 2009
Wine Investment Fund paying out 13 per cent per year
The Wine Investment Fund says investors in its 2004 tranche are receiving returns equivalent to 13.01 per cent per annum over the last five…
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Veritas to launch Ucits III long short China fund
Veritas Asset Management is to launch a Ucits III long/short China fund to investors at the start of October.Veritas Asset Management is to…
Mooring Capital Fund delivers 242.51 per cent since inception
The Mooring Capital Fund has delivered a total return to investors of 242.51 per cent and a quarterly compounded return of 12.40 per cent…
Credit Suisse/Tremont index up 1.53 per cent in August
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.53 per cent in August as wider dispersion in the markets provided opportunities…
InfoHedge powers Lighthouse prime hosted platform
Lighthouse Financial, a New York-based boutique institutional broker-dealer, has formed a partnership with InfoHedge Technologies, a…
Securities lending thriving but with a renewed focus on risk
Securities lending participants are staying in the market or adjusting their risk parameters rather than suspending their programmes,…
Hedge fund client base switches to institutions, says IAM
The main client base of hedge funds is now institutional rather than private, according to Morten Spenner, chief executive at International…
Absolute Return to launch NEAS Power Fund
Absolute Return Partners is launching the NEAS Power Fund on 1 October in response to rising investor demand for uncorrelated and liquid…
21 Sep 2009
York Capital and BofA Merrill Lynch launch event driven Ucits fund
York Capital Management and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have launched the York Event Driven Ucits Fund. York has been appointed as the…
FTSE launches first in range of currency FRB indices
FTSE Group and Record Currency Management have launched the first set of indices within the new FTSE Currency Forward Rate Bias Index…
Hedge fund and PE industries contribute EUR9bn to EU governments
The hedge fund and private equity industries contribute EUR9bn (GBP7.9bn) in tax revenues to European Union governments, according to a…
Denver Investments and GRT Capital form Denver Alternatives
Denver Investments, a USD7bn asset management firm, and GRT Capital Partners, a multi-strategy alternative investment firm, have formed…
Aladdin Capital Management coordinates committee for debt restructure
A group of investors in Wind Hellas Telecommunications’ subordinated notes have formally organised a bondholder committee representing the…
Salus Alpha launches arbitrage strategy with daily liquidity
Salus Alpha has launched a commodity arbitrage fund, which it says is the first to successfully combine an arbitrage strategy with daily…
18 Sep 2009
Hedge Fund Research launches commodity and energy indices
Hedge Fund Research has launched six HFRX indices focused on specific exposures within the commodity, energy, and yield alternative…
