04 Aug 2008
Hedgeweek Comment: Bank assets lure hedge funds
Falling share prices and increasing desperation on the part of banks and other financial institutions to unload distressed assets are…
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MSCI Barra launches Global Currency Indices
MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Global Currency Indices, which may be licensed for use for portfolio management and benchmarking purposes,…
01 Aug 2008
UBS Names Jon Jodka Head of US Prime Brokerage Sales
UBS Investment Bank today announced that Jon Jodka will join the firm as Managing Director and Head of US Prime Brokerage Sales within its…
Hedgeweek Commentary: Behind the hedge fund news...
The problems faced by many sectors of the alternative investment industry are being shared with the law firms that service them…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: KKR uses Amsterdam-listed fund to fulfil ambition to go public
Buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is going public and is moving into real estate and long-only equity funds.Buyout specialist…
31 Jul 2008
BlueCrest Capital Management boosts UK distribution capability
Kerry Duffain has joined alternative asset manager BlueCrest Capital Management as head of the firm's UK institutional business.Kerry…
24 Jul 2008
KMG launches platform for creating Sicav SIF funds
Luxembourg-based KMG Sicav SIF has launched a platform for asset managers and advisers to create their own Sicav SIF funds, taking…
23 Jul 2008
Aima says Italian fund proposals should boost hedge fund industry
The Alternative Investment Management Association has welcomed the proposals set out in this week's industry report on the state of the…
Legal changes boost appeal of hedge funds
With markets worldwide suffering from the impact of the credit crunch over the past year and amid a drop in overall fund investment in…
21 Jul 2008
Foreign managers kept waiting as hedge fund regime clicks into gear
Some two years after the launch of Spain's registration regime for hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, the development of the market has…
Fund growth boosts third-party providers
Historically the third-party fund administration industry in Spain has been relatively small, but the development of the country's hedge…
Alternative providers look outside for management expertise
Foreign hedge fund managers may find themselves unable to access the fledgling Spanish market directly without going to the cost and…
Bringing hedge fund expertise to the Spanish investor
The emergence of a home-grown alternative investment industry has been gradual over the two years since the introduction of Spain's new…
20 Jul 2008
Managed Funds Association calls for more resources to pursue market manipulators
Hedge fund industry body the Managed Funds Association has called on the US authorities to put more resources into regulatory action…
18 Jul 2008
Hedgeweek Commentary: Behind the hedge fund news
As equity markets sag under the weight of bad economic news and the continuing problems of the global financial industry, short sellers are…
