16 Jun 2009
Outlook for CTAs is positive, say French managers
Although commodity trading advisers have been affected by a lack of trends in world markets, the outlook is potentially more positive,…
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Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index up 4.06 per cent in May
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was up 4.06 per cent in May, the largest monthly gain since February 2000.The Credit…
Highland Distressed Opportunities merges into HCF
Highland Credit Strategies Fund has completed the merger of Highland Distressed Opportunities into HCF Acquisition, a wholly-owned…
MF Global appoints James Rowsell managing director of Europe
MF Global, an intermediary offering solutions in global cash, derivatives and related markets, has appointed James Rowsell as managing…
15 Jun 2009
Babylon Fund up 14.2 per cent in May
Babylon Fund, an open-ended investment fund investing into large-cap Iraqi-dependant securities, has its best-performing month in May with…
Appleby absorbs Isle of Man law firm Dickinson Cruickshank
Offshore legal, fiduciary and administration service provider Appleby has merged with Dickinson Cruickshank, the largest law firm in the…
CFTC reviews ICE Henry Financial fixed price contract
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is determining whether the Henry Financial LD1 fixed price contract traded on the Intercontinental…
Comment: Does the EU need more financial regulation?
Some members of the financial industry in the UK are up in arms at the European Commission's plans to create a new layer of financial…
Hedge funds up 5.39 per cent in May
The HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average was up 5.39 per cent in May and is up 9.22 per cent for 2009, according to estimates from…
12 Jun 2009
Hedge funds have record month in May
May was the best month in almost a decade for hedge funds, with the composite Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 5.2 per cent and the industry…
Event driven leads hedge fund strategies in May
Event driven was the strongest of the four hedge fund strategies published by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes in May, gaining 1.32 per cent…
Green CAT markets to be largest in the world, says CFTC
Green cap and trade markets that are currently trading on a voluntary basis in Chicago and New York could become the largest of all…
BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors for USD13.5bn
BlackRock, Inc is to acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its market-leading ETF platform, iShares, from Barclays PLC for…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index up 2.1 per cent in May
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor's hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe,…
Moonraker funds of hedge funds outperform benchmarks in first year
The Moonraker Commodities Fund's sterling share class delivered 19.3 per cent net of all charges over the year to 1 June 2009, compared…
