27 Feb 2008
SuperDerivatives users get access to Liffe Connect
SuperDerivatives and Liffe have teamed up to provide SuperDerivatives's users with direct access to the Liffe Connect electronic trading…
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RSTN to open market for auction-rate securities to hedge funds
The Restricted Securities Trading Network has announced it will create a secondary market that allows hedge funds to buy and sell…
Cardano wins active equity mandate from GKN pension scheme
The derivatives specialist and adviser Cardano has announced its appointment by the trustees of the GKN Group Pension Scheme, one of the…
Bid to raise profile of Assured Fund
Investor returns of between eight and 11 per cent a year without the attendant risks of pure equity-based investment are being highlighted…
Cazenove Worldwide Absolute Return Fund changes managers
Tim Love and Joaquim Nogueira are to step down from the management of the Cazenove Absolute Return Fund and leave the company, by mutual…
Tough climate sparks slowdown in new European hedge fund launches
The pace of new European hedge fund launches slowed in 2007 for the first time in several years, according to EuroHedge, with both the…
26 Feb 2008
Sgam mixes worrying thoughts with the positive in February
Some global snapshots from Societe-General Asset Managem, kicking off with concern that bond insurers or monoliners will be the next US…
Guernsey funds finish 2007 with a flourish
Funds in Guernsey grew another GBP13.7bn (8.3 per cent) in the final three months of 2007 despite continued market turbulence during the…
JPM fund manager Talib Sheikh says volatility gives opportunities
While market volatility fuels the debate between investing in equities or cash, Talib Sheikh, co-fund manager of the JPM Cautious Total…
Blue Sky Asset Management to beat major markets with structured fund
Blue Sky Asset Management, the UK innovative investment boutique, has launched its first growth structured fund, which enables investors to…
22 Feb 2008
UK resolves tax obstacle to retail access to alternative funds of funds
The Financial Services Authority has announced further progress for its plans to allowing retail consumers to invest in funds of hedge…
BVI Financial Services Commission appoints new director of investment business
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission has formally confirmed the appointment of Brodrick Penn as director of investment…
US equity options trading "rising out of obscurity", says study
A 'perfect storm' is about to hit the US equity options market, according to a new study, Equity Options Trading 2008: Rising Out of…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Citigroup halts redemptions from troubled corporate debt fund
Citigroup suspended redemptions from its USD500m corporate debt-focused CSO Partners after a third of its investors sought their money…
21 Feb 2008
Liquidity crisis exposed weaknesses of large market neutral funds, says Sabre's Hill
The losses suffered last summer by some of the big quantitative funds, such as Goldman Sachs' Global Alpha, illustrate the dangers of funds…
