06 Feb 2009
Moore secures significant funds business in Japan to round off 2008
Moore, a Jersey-based specialist provider of fund management, fund administration and corporate services, has had a substantial increase in…
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BlackRock launches a one-stop shop fund for alternative investments
BlackRock has launched a Fund of Alternatives pooled fund for pension schemes, charities and other institutional investors. BlackRock has…
Large hedge fund launches "declined 26 per cent in 2008"
Assets for large new hedge fund launches declined significantly in the US in 2008 as hedge funds suffered their worst-ever year for…
Credit Suisse Long/Short Equity Replication Index gains 0.2 per cent in January
The Credit Suisse Long/Short Equity Replication Index was up 0.18 per cent net in January, according to Jordan Drachman, head of research…
Comment: Investors find favour with small buyouts as bank liquidity dries up
Sergey Bolshakov, analyst, Argo Capital Management, outlines evidence of a growing trend towards smaller buyouts since the onset of the…
05 Feb 2009
CFTC launches monthly report to boost transparency
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that it has launched, on a six-month trial basis, a monthly report called 'This…
Palatine Asset Management to acquire Speed Racer assets
Los Angeles-based Palatine Asset Management has announced it is in negotiations to acquire an undisclosed interest in the Viacom-broadcast…
January sees 10.5 million contracts per trading day at Eurex and ISE
The international derivatives exchange Eurex traded 10.5 million contracts on average each trading day in January, comprising an average of…
04 Feb 2009
Eurex launches trading of gold futures and options
International derivatives exchange Eurex has launched trading of US dollar-denominated futures and options on gold based on the benchmark…
Laven's multistrategy fund of hedge funds up 3.98 per cent in 2008
The Laven Funds Multi Strategy SPC Fund returned 3.98 per cent in 2008, outperforming most hedge fund indices as measured by benchmarks…
Research highlights long-term inflation-hedging attributes of real assets
Novel liability-hedging investment solutions can decrease the cost of inflation insurance and the probability of severe deficits for…
SwissAnalytics to offer due diligence via BarclayHedge platform
SwissAnalytics, an alternative investment due diligence provider, has announced an exclusive partnership to offer hedge fund due diligence…
Comment: Good advice for a new private equity era
Just when you thought that private equity was dead, it's back in business - and where better than at the Super Return conference in…
03 Feb 2009
Deutsche launches 130/30 Ucits III equity fund
Deutsche Bank has raised EUR90m in assets for the Ucits III-compliant DB Platinum IV Croci Global 130/30 fund it launched last week.…
Absolute Capital Management relaunches 'third-generation' equity funds as Xanthus
Absolute Capital Management Holdings, which last year saw assets under management slump following investor redemptions, fund closures and a…
