27 Oct 2008
Guernsey growth continues despite market turmoil
Worldwide the hedge fund industry is feeling the effects of the credit crunch, the demise of stalwart Wall Street prime brokers, falling…
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Fund industry ready to exploit crisis opportunities
The challenges for Guernsey's hedge fund industry in the coming months and years are slowly emerging from the continued fog that is the…
Providers make the difference for start-up funds
While the much-documented credit crisis maintains a stranglehold on financial markets, the still relatively young alternative investment…
Fund administration clients warm to Guernsey model
By the nature of the island, its geography and population, fund service providers in Guernsey have never been geared up to mass-market…
24 Oct 2008
Hedgeweek Commentary: Behind the hedge fund news
Not every jurisdiction has been as quick as the US to lift restrictions on short selling.Not every jurisdiction has been as quick as the US…
Regulators' agreement opens up Irish fund market to Chinese investors
The Irish and Chinese financial regulatory authorities have signed an agreement that will allow Chinese investors to invest in…
Coast Asset Management recruits institutional marketing chief for North America
Santa Monica-based Coast Asset Management, an independent multistrategy alternative investment manager, has appointed industry veteran…
23 Oct 2008
Liffe to license Markit iTraxx Europe indices for OTC clearing solution
Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has signed a licence agreement with financial information services provider Markit…
22 Oct 2008
FRM Capital Advisors seeds Beechbrook Capital mezzanine fund
FRM Capital Advisors, the hedge fund seeding business of fund of hedge funds manager Financial Risk Management, has agreed to provide…
Corporate executives want tighter restrictions on short selling, says NYSE study
A study commissioned by NYSE Euronext, operator of the New York Stock Exchange, has found support for tighter restrictions on short selling…
21 Oct 2008
NCB Capital acquires Capital Partnership to strengthen wealth and asset management
Riyadh-based NCB Capital, the investment banking arm of National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia's largest bank, has acquired the Capital…
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Indexes licensed to Eurex to underlie futures and options
Global index provider Dow Jones Indexes has licensed the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index and its nine sector sub-indices to international…
20 Oct 2008
Strong performance from 36 South attributed to "being away from the herd"
New Zealand-based hedge fund manager 36 South Investment Managers Limited took its flagship Kohinoor strategy to another year-to-date…
17 Oct 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission's ban on short selling of financial stocks may have expired, but hedge funds continue to face calls…
GlobeOp sees surge in redemptions and negative performance curbing asset growth
GlobeOp Financial Services, a provider of business process outsourcing, financial technology services and analytics to the hedge fund…
