12 Feb 2008
First Avenue Partners launches EUR100m hedge fund seeder vehicle
First Avenue Partners has launched the FAP Hedge Fund Opportunities Fund, a hedge fund incubation fund, with initial capital of EUR100m…
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Caledonian Global Fund Services opens operations centre in Florida
Caledonian Global Fund Services has opened a new operations centre in Orlando, Florida to add to its existing facilities providing hedge…
11 Feb 2008
Matrix provides CGT option for more funds of hedge funds
Matrix has drawn up plans to mirror its open-ended funds of hedge funds with closed-ended versions whose gains qualify for capital gains…
Index providers confirm hedge funds' decline in January
US hedge fund investment advisory firm Hennessee Group has reported that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index it compiles fell by 2.45 per cent…
08 Feb 2008
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Calpers sells USD3bn private equity portfolio in record secondary deal
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the world's fourth largest pension scheme, has sold a private equity portfolio valued…
Hedge funds stumble in January as indices show declines across strategies
Hedge funds lost an average of 3.60 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, while indices compiled by Dow Jones and…
GLG Partners sees net assets rise 62 per cent to USD24.6bn in 2007
UK-based alternative asset manager GLG Partners, which acquired a New York Stock Exchange listing last November through a reverse takeover,…
CFTC authorises US sale of eight Eurex futures contracts
The Office of General Counsel of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced it has issued a no-action letter permitting the…
Axa Investment Managers strengthens fund of hedge funds business
Axa Investment Managers has strengthened its fund of hedge funds business division with the appointments of Rajiv Jaitly as chief operating…
07 Feb 2008
Hovan Capital Management appoints three portfolio managers to HCM Market Neutral Fund
Tiburon, California-based Hovan Capital Management has announced that Ajim A.Tiburon, California-based Hovan Capital Management has…
Hedge fund administrator Fulcrum chooses Advent's Geneva
Advent Software, a leading provider of software and solutions to the alternative investment management industry, has announced that hedge…
Günther Schneider joins Salus Alpha as head of European business development
Alternative investment manager Salus Alpha has announced the appointment of Günther Schneider, previously chief investment officer of…
Fidessa unveils connectivity to block trading facility NYSE MatchPoint
Fidessa group, a provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity, has announced connectivity to NYSE MatchPoint, the…
Canada's Arrow Hedge and Marret launch hedge incubator fund
Arrow Hedge Partners and Marret Asset Management have launched a hedge fund incubator vehicle, Accelerator Capital Fund, that will invest…
Administrator OpHedge hires Peter Sanchez as chief executive
Middle- and back-office administrator OpHedge Investment Services has appointed as its new chief executive Peter Sanchez, who was most…
