14 Feb 2008
Structured credit hedge funds fall further, according to Palomar index
Both gross and net returns in December for the Palomar Structured Credit Hedge Fund Index were negative for the third month in a row,…
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Man Investments launches capital-protected hedge fund index product
Man Investments is looking to attract investors seeking to capitalise on the current market turmoil with the launch of the Man AP Stratum…
Keel becomes managing partner at Harcourt Investment Consulting
Harcourt Investment Consulting, a fund of hedge funds manager and investment consultant majority owned by Swiss private bank Vontobel, has…
GAM hires client director to focus on single manager hedge business
Ali Homayoun has joined GAM as a client director, focusing on marketing GAM's single manager hedge fund range notably to fund of hedge…
13 Feb 2008
Rialas brothers take Absolute Capital stake to 33 per cent
Andreas and Andreas and Kyriakos, whose credit hedge fund business Argo Capital Management was acquired by Absolute Capital Management in…
Mark Lyons joins Touradji Capital Management's new Singapore office
Touradji Capital Management, a commodities-focused hedge fund manager, has announced that Mark Lyons has joined the firm's…
Managed futures shine in January as Barclay CTA Index rises 1.96 per cent
Managed futures gained 1.96 per cent in January, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based BarclayHedge, with…
HRJ Capital closes fifth venture capital fund of funds with USD273m in commitments
HRJ Capital has announced the closing of HRJ Capital VC V, its fifth venture capital fund of funds, at its target of USD 273 million in…
FXall to provide ITG clients with foreign exchange trading capabilities
Foreign exchange trading platform FXall has signed a distribution agreement with Investment Technology Group, a provider of…
Christopher Long joins Endowment Capital Group
Endowment Capital Group, a Philadelphia-based hedge fund manager catering to university endowments and foundations, has recruited…
Bank of New York Mellon boosts alternative fund services sales in Asia
Bank of New York Mellon, a leader in hedge fund administration with more than USD195bn in assets under administration, has appointed Kate…
12 Feb 2008
PFPC establishes fund services operation in Poland
PFPC, a member of the Wilmington, Delaware-based PNC Financial Services Group, has announced plans to launch fund administration and hedge…
Hedge fund investors and managers expand reach into emerging markets, says HFR
The number of funds dedicated to investing in emerging markets increasing to more than 950 last year, according to a report from…
Gerard Gardner joins North Asset Management as partner
North Asset Management, a London-based alternative investment management firm, has recruited Gerard Gardner as a partner from Goldman Sachs…
Fund of hedge funds assets grew by one-third in 2007, says survey
Despite the turbulence wreaked on alternative investments in the second half of 2007 by the US sub-prime meltdown, the credit crunch and…
