02 Dec 2008
Hedgeweek Comment: The baby and the bathwater
EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy says he will launch a wide-ranging public consultation on oversight and risks attached to…
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Deutsche Bank's Rreef completes acquisition of Rosen Real Estate Securities stake
Rreef Alternative Investments, Deutsche Bank's alternatives asset management business, has finalised an agreement first announced at the…
Conyers set to advise on funds from new office in São Paulo
Offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has opened Conyers Dill e Pearman (Brazil) Servicos de Consultoria in São Paulo, paving the…
01 Dec 2008
BlueBay to close Emerging Market Total Return Fund as manager quits over valuation issue
BlueBay Asset Management has announced that it plans to wind down the BlueBay Emerging Market Total Return Fund, which has lost more than…
Hedgeweek Comment: Making the worst of a bad job?
SRM Advisers, the Monaco-based hedge fund management firm run by the former star UBS proprietary trader Jon Wood, is suing the Wall Street…
Union Investment acquires Arcotel Kaiserwasser hotel in Vienna
Hamburg-based Union Investment Real Estate is expanding the portfolio of its UniImmo: Europa open-ended real estate fund, which has…
28 Nov 2008
Collins Stewart Absolute Return Plus Fund celebrates positive returns for 2008
Collins Stewart's fund of hedge funds, the Absolute Return Plus fund, is enjoying a positive return so far this year as it marks its sixth…
Harneys strengthens international practice with new partners in Cayman and Hong Kong
British Virgin Islands-based offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has announced the addition to the firm's partnership of…
27 Nov 2008
Channel Islands show solidity in turbulent times
The investment industry, like the financial world as a whole, may be suffering from the impact of the credit crunch, stock market slump and…
Jersey attracts global fund administrators
Having looked after private equity business in Guernsey for over two decades, Northern Trust has 'exported' its capability to Jersey. The…
The Channel Islands: a base for private equity
Over the past couple of decades, Jersey and Guernsey have both positioned themselves as key centres for establishing offshore funds,…
Private equity administration resists market gloom
Financial service providers in the Channel Islands are feeling the downdraft of the economic crisis as overall levels of assets under…
Unregulated funds boost Jersey's arsenal
The introduction by the Jersey Financial Services Commission in February 2008 of a system that allows Unregulated Funds to be established…
26 Nov 2008
Conifer Fund Services hires two for BVI administration business
Conifer Securities has added two executives to its offshore fund administration business in the British Virgin Islands, Conifer Fund…
Hedgeweek Comment: Spirit of charity dries up as financial sector wilts
The bloodbath in the stock markets and the continuing pain of the financial sector is now even taking its toll on giving to the needy.The…
