18 Apr 2008
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: US reports underline case for better hedge fund self-regulation
Heightened vigilance of hedge funds is now essential to ensure the stability of the financial system and managers need to step up their…
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17 Apr 2008
Partners Group opens office in Luxembourg
Partners Group, the Swiss-based alternative asset manager, has broadened its global footprint with the opening of an office in Luxembourg…
15 Apr 2008
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London Business School's Investment Management Programme provides you with a toolkit enabling you to select individual instruments,…
Sub-prime woes pose questions for managers
To date some 287 federal cases related to the sub-prime crisis have been filed by unhappy investors in the…
14 Apr 2008
Institutional faith keeps managers buoyant
Most hedge funds may have weathered so far the gales blowing through the financial markets following last summer's implosion of the US…
Credit woes highlight new demands on service providers
Firms that provide services to hedge funds are changing the way they do business, and the reason is institutional…
Building a strong capability for US clients
Endowments and institutions in the US have become the dominant investors in the hedge fund industry, drawn by the potential of generating…
SIFs make instant impact as Luxembourg fund assets enjoy double-digit growth
Luxembourg's fund industry posted its fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth in both euro and US dollar terms in 2007 despite…
Octavian announces joint venture with Shanghai's Goshawk Group
Octavian Advisors, an alternative investment management firm specialising in distressed and special situations, has concluded a joint…
11 Apr 2008
Structured credit hedge fund index plummets on collapse of Peloton fund
Both gross and net monthly measures of the Palomar Structured Credit Hedge Fund Index reported their worst-ever fall in February, a decline…
Sharp rise in volatility and commodity price dips hurt hedge funds in March, says HFN
Early estimates indicate that the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average, an equal weighted benchmark of all single manager hedge funds and…
Northern Trust unveils middle-office services for hedge funds
Northern Trust has gone live with its first hedge fund middle-office services client, a fund launched by New York-based Julius Baer…
NYSE Euronext launches high-dividend indices for European markets
NYSE Euronext has launched a family of high-dividend indices based on the national blue chip indices for the Netherlands, Belgian, French…
Interactive Data expands interest rate swap valuation service
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, has announced that its pricing and…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Private equity firms swoop on distressed assets
Private equity managers have begun investing in the debt of troubled companies at discounted prices, with Apollo, CVC, Blackstone, Permira…
