31 Oct 2008
Brighton House sees investor switch from equity to credit-based strategies
Investor mentality with regard to fund strategy has undergone an extensive change amid the volatile markets of the past quarter, with…
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Absolute return fixed-income offers diversification in volatile markets, says Barings
Investors in search of uncorrelated assets and growth potential in volatile markets should look to absolute return fixed-income strategies,…
Investor Analytics and AlphaSimplex aim to reconcile anomalies in efficient markets theory
Investor Analytics, a provider of risk analysis and risk management solutions to the hedge fund industry, has announced plans to offer…
Aramid Capital Partners launches second entertainment fund
Aramid Capital Partners has launched a second entertainment fund to meet demand for investment opportunities in the global entertainment…
Optimal appoints new head of global business development
Optimal Investment Services, a Geneva-based alternative investment business belonging to the Santander Group, has appointed Dara Bahadori…
BNY ConvergEx Group announces integration of ConvergEx Cross with RealTick EMS
BNY ConvergEx Group, a provider of global agency brokerage and investment technology solutions, has announced the integration of its…
Barclays Wealth Insight - A Question of Gender
Contributed by Barclays Wealth and Economist Intelligence Unit Contributed by Barclays Wealth and Economist Intelligence Unit The broader…
30 Oct 2008
Alpstar opens Credit Value Fund to outside investors
Alpstar Management, a credit hedge fund manager based in Geneva with more than USD2bn in assets under management, has announced the opening…
29 Oct 2008
Oak Hill Advisors makes three appointments to structured products group
New York-based Oak Hill Advisors has announced that Goran V. Puljic, T.K. Narayan and Scott W.New York-based Oak Hill Advisors has…
Legal & General retail investment business enters absolute return market
UK investment manager Legal & General will enter the Absolute Return sector with the launch on November 10 of a new fund, the…
Hedgeweek Comment: Consolidation beckons for battered industry
The hedge fund industry could well be the next big victim of the credit crunch, according to the Bank of England, which says in its latest…
27 Oct 2008
Regulatory reforms help Guernsey fund industry spread its wings
Like other jurisdictions around the world whose fortunes depend to a degree on the health of the investment industry, Guernsey has been…
Flexibility wins out in a changing environment
Guernsey has always been recognised as a very stable yet highly flexible offshore jurisdiction with good but not excessive…
Legal changes complete new fund regime
Over the past three years Guernsey has undertaken a wholesale restructuring of its regulatory regime for investment funds, designed to make…
Outsourcing model eases island's resources constraints
Guernsey's fund administration industry is thriving thanks to a flexible outsourcing regime that allows much of the labour-intensive but…
