15 Dec 2008
Merchant bank to focus on alternative asset management restructuring
Grisons Peak, the financial services investment bank, and IGS Group, an alternative assets advisory business, have announced the launch of…
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Comment: Equity long/short - a solution for the long run
Mike Howard, head of long short equity at Ermitage Group, argues that unhedged long-only equity exposure has served investors poorly and…
12 Dec 2008
Comment: Emerging markets offer unprecedented opportunities for 2008 vintages
Shamillia Sivathambu of Argo Capital Management argues that the difficult global economic environment, which is forcing even healthy…
Appleby to focus on international corporate and private wealth markets from Zurich
Offshore law firm Appleby will open its latest office in Zurich on December 15, headed by partner Jonathan Vanderkar, who has been a member…
11 Dec 2008
NYSE Euronext migrates European bonds onto Universal Trading Platform
NYSE Euronext has migrated its European bond products onto its new Universal Trading Platform.NYSE Euronext has migrated its European bond…
CFA Institute and EDHEC Business School offer alternative investment seminar
CFA Institute and the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre are extending their partnership in executive education events to…
Mark Devonshire takes distressed debt fund to Harbour Capital
Former Merrill Lynch prop desk co-head Mark Devonshire has taken his new distressed debt fund to Harbour Capital, the London-based hedge…
Manager reports success for Assured's traded life settlement fund
Traded life policy Assured Fund 'has put rival investment classes into the shade', says fund manager Policy Selection.Traded life policy…
10 Dec 2008
PMA Harvester Fund up 4.51 per cent in November
PMA Investment Advisors, an Asia-based hedge fund manager, has announced positive November results for the Harvester Fund, its flagship…
Epitome Global Services launches hedge fund rehab platform
Epitome Global Services has announced that it will offer a hedge fund rehab platform to advise and assist troubled funds. Epitome Global…
Prime Source and Pricing Partners join forces
Prime Source, a NYSE Euronext company, and Pricing Partners have announced a partnership whereby they will join forces in the valuation…
DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric Fund completes first year
Delman SA says the DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric Fund has completed its first year of operation realising a net gain for its investors of…
Cima Aconcagua fund posts 40 per cent return
Buenos Aires-based asset manager the Cima Group says its Argentine-based Cima Aconcagua fund has returned 40 per cent this year as a result…
Fund administrators see reduction in revenue in 2008, says Deloitte
Nearly 30 per cent of fund administrators in Europe will experience a reduction in revenue in 2008, according to a survey by Deloitte.…
Liffe to launch commodities on Bclear in early 2009
Liffe says it will launch a range of soft and agricultural commodity products on its Bclear OTC derivatives service in the first quarter of…
