11 Feb 2009
Global Advisors to remove gating provisions for Global Commodity Systematic Fund
Global Advisors, a specialist commodity hedge fund manager, has announced changes to the terms of its Global Commodity Systematic Fund to…
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Capital withdrawals from Asian hedge funds "mirror industry declines"
Capital invested in Asian hedge funds continued to fall in the fourth quarter of 2008, declining nearly USD16bn to just over USD71bn and…
Singapore's Cavenagh Capital launches Asian macro fund
Former Dexion Capital and Morgan Stanley veteran Andrew Gale and Lee Ka Shao, who managed an absolute return mandate at DBS Bank,…
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index "to finish up 0.80 per cent in January"
Early estimates indicate that the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up approximately 0.80 per cent in January. Early…
10 Feb 2009
Eddington Capital Management says UK-listed note providing impressive returns
The UK-listed note launched by Eddington Capital Management last April to offer investors an alternative structure to its listed fund of…
Cofunds expands 130/30 range with Cartesian fund
Cofunds, the independent financial planning platform, has expanded its short extension range with a 130/30 fund from Edinburgh-based UK…
Introducing HMHQ, the professional networking space for the institutional investment community
Hedgemedia Ltd, publisher of a range web sites providing news and comment spanning traditional and alternative investments, has launched…
Morgan Dale Capital to launch intelligence-based fund
Morgan Dale Capital, a newly-formed London-based global investment management company, is in the process of launching the Morgan Dale…
Invesco launches alternative beta strategy to capture risk premia
Invesco's global asset allocation group has been awarded mandates to fund Premia Plus strategy, a risk premium capture strategy that uses a…
Comment: Hedge fund P.I.
Just as in Magnum, P.I., the American television show featuring Tom Selleck as a private investigator, a group of executives are planning…
Edhec report highlights Madoff red flags that should have been warning signals
The list of due diligence red flags in Bernard Madoff's operations was so long and unsettling that it should have deterred potential…
09 Feb 2009
Eurex launches trading of new property derivatives
The international derivatives exchange Eurex has launched Europe's first property futures, based on the total returns of Investment…
Aladdin Capital launches debtor-in-possession fund
Connecticut-based Aladdin Capital Holdings has announced the launch of a fund to invest exclusively in debtor-in-possession facilities.…
Barclays Capital launches long and short hedge fund replication indices
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has launched two flagship hedge fund replication products, the Long…
Alpstar Secured Bank Loan Fund completes private term financing
Alpstar Funds and investment adviser Mignon Genève have announced the completion of private term finance for the Alpstar Secured Bank Loan…
