04 Feb 2008
Cayman International Financial Holdings spins off Global Fund Exchange
Cayman International Financial Holdings has announced that in recognition of changing business and service delivery models, it has decided…
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Baring Asset Management to launch Asia absolute return hedge fund
Baring Asset Management has announced plans to add the Baring Asia Strategic Fund, an equity multistrategy fund managed by the firm's Asian…
Aima steering committee to publish educational guide for investors
The Alternative Investment Management Association has announced that its investor steering committee is to publish what has been billed as…
01 Feb 2008
London offers new hub for global expansion
As PerTrac Financial Solutions continues to grow its client base and expand its suite of product solutions for both the hedge fund manager…
Alternative investment boom stokes demand for analytical tools
The alternative investment sector in the Middle East is growing and attracting increasing attention as a result of a number of…
Citi recruits executive for alternatives business from Carlyle
Citi has recruited Ned Kelly from Carlyle as a senior executive in its alternative investments business, one of three appointments intended…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Private equity experiencing correction of excesses, says Carlyle's Gerstner
Carlyle Group's chairman Louis Gerstner sees the current private equity world beset by a correction, not a crisis.Carlyle Group's chairman…
C.P. Eaton Partners: New opportunities as market excesses unwind
In its 2008 Global Fundraising Outlook, leading alternative investment placement agent C.P.In its 2008 Global Fundraising Outlook, leading…
31 Jan 2008
Global investors eye Middle East opportunities
As an emerging markets investment opportunity, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been overshadowed over the past couple of…
Hedge fund evolution after the 2007 sub-prime crisis
In summer 2007 hedge funds found themselves being the target of erroneous and adverse media coverage, implying that the sub-prime crisis -…
Traded life policy fund index illustrates sector growth, says MPL
Traded life policy manager Managing Partners Limited has developed an index for the sector, tracking the size of five funds specialising in…
ISE and Eurex announce joint technology initiative for options trading
The International Securities Exchange, the world's largest equity options exchange, and international derivatives exchange Eurex have…
Gary Pitts joins as RAB Capital as chief compliance officer
London-based absolute return investment manager RAB Capital has announced the appointment of Gary Pitts as chief compliance…
Brown Rudnick structured resolution group aims to extract value from sub-prime meltdown
Boston-based international law firm Brown Rudnick has brought together professionals from its structured finance, bankruptcy and corporate…
30 Jan 2008
Currency board brings Bulgaria stability but inflation could delay euro, say Raiffeisen analysts
The institution of a currency board in 1997 has brought monetary stability to Bulgaria and helped the government to achieve regular fiscal…
