15 May 2008
Optimal Investment Services strengthens risk team
Optimal Investment Services, a Geneva-based fund of hedge funds manager belonging to the Santander group, has announced the strengthening…
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13 May 2008
Structured Portfolio Management hires trading and portfolio management executive
Mortgage-backed securities manager Structured Portfolio Management has recruited Charles Smart as senior vice-president for trading and…
Blackstone Altius Advisors to offer Asia-focused event-driven strategy
The Blackstone Group has announced that Aaron Nieman will head Blackstone Altius Advisors, a new event-driven strategy focusing on…
Hedgeweek Comment: Alternative investment firms are new M&A targets
It isn't every day that a Japanese manufacturing conglomerate, even one with a history in banking, takes a stake in the international asset…
Hedge funds recoup losses with 2 per cent gain, says Hennessee
Hedge funds recovered much of the ground from their losses the previous month with a 2 per cent average gain in April, according to…
Alternative managers account for increasing share of asset management M&A
Sales of alternative investment firms account for a record 40 per cent of deals in the global investment management business so far in…
12 May 2008
Emergent and Tim Yetman partner for global macro fund launch
London-based Emergent Asset Management, an alternative investment firm specialising in macro and emerging markets, is launching a…
09 May 2008
Barclay Hedge Fund Index gains 2.28 per cent in April to claw back first-quarter losses
Hedge funds gained on average 2.28 per cent in April, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based…
Hedgeweek Commentary: Behind the hedge fund news
The tricky conditions in major equity and fixed-income markets are giving a helping hand to a trend already underway, toward investment in…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Arx Investment's Dwight Sipprelle calls it a day
Star manager Dwight Sipprelle is winding down his USD1.2bn global credit fund and retiring from active money management.Star manager Dwight…
08 May 2008
Time to move on? Post your CVs on jobs.hedgemedia.com
Hedgemedia.com is the world's largest portal for jobs in the alternative investments sector - hedge funds, private equity funds and real…
07 May 2008
Eurex trading volumes rise by 22 per cent in April
International derivatives exchange Eurex saw a 22 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover volume to 185 million contracts last month, up…
05 May 2008
How KKR blazed a trail for listed private equity
Arguably the biggest single boost to Guernsey's private equity industry was the launch in June 2006 of KKR Private Equity Investors, which…
Youthful exuberance
Gibraltar's fund services industry is a relatively young but robust industry.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cGibraltar's fund services industry…
02 May 2008
US institutions expanding allocation to alternatives, says Greenwich report
The sponsors of US pension schemes are looking to increase the diversification and reduce the correlation of assets in their portfolios by…
