09 Dec 2008
Hennessee Hedge Fund Index falls 2.69% in November
Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors, has announced that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -2.69% in November or…
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Topos to provide risk advisory services for hedge fund investors
Topos, an alternative asset manager and investor, has launched an independent risk advisory and monitoring service for hedge funds and…
Value of exchanges drops but grounds for optimism in 2009
The value of the world's listed exchanges continued to drop in November 2008, but there are grounds for optimism following positive share…
Financial crisis leaves equity derivatives market in flux
European institutional investors and banks increased their use of equity derivatives in the first half of 2008, but it is unclear how far…
Market turmoil prompts rise in traded life policies investment
Market turmoil in 2008 has caused a surge of money into funds that invest in traded life policies, a report by Professor Merlin Stone of…
Mentor Capital "outperforms S&P 500 by 15 per cent"
Mentor Capital says its lead hedge fund has had no redemptions during the financial crises and continues its long-term record of…
08 Dec 2008
Hedge fund industry "to post modest losses in November"
The hedge fund industry is expected to post modest losses in November, which is welcome news after two of the lowest months of performance…
HighView Financial Group announces strategic partnership with Fortune Asset Management
London-base fund of hedge funds manager Fortune Asset Management has established a strategic partnership with HighView Financial Group, a…
05 Dec 2008
Beacon Trust Company acquires Clear Asset Management
Madison, New Jersey-based asset and wealth manager Beacon Trust Company has acquired Clear Asset Management in a transaction that will…
California court freezes assets of commodity trader in anti-fraud action
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a federal court order in California freezing the assets and prohibiting the…
Comment: A strategy for the bottom of the market
Manny Weintraub, a former managing director of Neuberger Berman and now founder, principal and portfolio manager at Integre Advisors, says…
04 Dec 2008
Neuberger Berman to be acquired by management after private equity bid topped
A group consisting of portfolio managers, the management team and senior professionals will take a majority stake in Neuberger Berman and…
Laven Partners continues expansion with appointment of ex-FSA enforcement official
London-based investment management consultancy Laven Partners has appointed Kevin Quinlan, who earlier worked for the enforcement division…
03 Dec 2008
Stonehage Group's TriAlpha and ACP Partners merge to create USD2.5bn asset manager
Multi-family office Stonehage Group has announced the merger of TriAlpha, its asset management arm, with ACP Partners to create a combined…
02 Dec 2008
Way joins forces with EEA Fund Management to launch US life settlement fund
Way Fund Managers, part of a UK-based group of independent financial advisers, is teaming up with life settlement fund provider EEA Fund…
