29 Jan 2008
Dexion Capital appoints Eric Pinn as head of sales and distribution
Hedge fund marketing and advisory firm Dexion Capital has appointed Eric Pinn, previously chief executive and head of international sales…
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28 Jan 2008
Financial infrastructure and investor appetite converge to drive Middle East fund growth
Once considered a relative backwater by the global hedge fund industry, the Middle East is starting to attract increasing attention thanks…
Standard & Poor's CreditStats Direct offers access to credit-adjusted financial data
Financial market intelligence provider Standard & Poor's has launched CreditStats Direct as a module of RatingsDirect, the web-based…
SEC lays charges over USD30m hedge fund fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a complaint against two individuals and six entities under their control over an alleged…
RBC Hedge 250 Index returned 0.50 per cent in December
RBC Capital Markets has reported provisional figures indicating that the RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 0.50 per cent in December,…
Joint venture Newedge aims to strengthen position in prime brokerage
Newedge, the joint venture created from the merger of the brokerage businesses of Société Générale and Crédit Agricole's Calyon investment…
Eurex sets new trading records amid turbulent markets
A new trading record of 17 million contracts was set by international derivatives exchange Eurex on January 22, beating the previous mark…
Capital Z Investment Partners management launches buyout with Paine & Partners
Hedge fund sponsor Capital Z Investment Partners has announced completion of a management buyout together with Paine & Partners, a San…
26 Jan 2008
The Darwinian theory of hedge fund evolution
In any market, the longer a sustained bull run continues, the lower the average quality of a manager becomes.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cIn…
25 Jan 2008
SEI to provide operations outsourcing for Graham Capital hedge fund complex
SEI has been selected by Graham Capital Management to provide operations outsourcing services for the firm's multi-billion dollar,…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Recovery ahead for financial stocks, Maverick partner tells GAIM
Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital made roughly 50 per cent of its 2007 returns by shorting financial stocks, but the firm expects the sector…
Commodity pool operator to pay USD739,000 on fraud and misappropriation charges
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has settled its charges of fraud and misappropriation of customer funds against Robert Lee…
24 Jan 2008
Pragmatism underpins cautious approach to UK retail market
At a breakfast meeting with senior Bank of England officials in the wake of this summer's credit crunch, Jon Moulton, a prominent private…
Protean launches insurance product to protect hedge fund investors
Protean Investment Risks, a company newly formed to offer specialist financial risk insurance products, has launched a policy designed to…
Polar Capital makes senior sales and marketing appointment
London-based hedge fund manager Polar Capital has appointed Alastair Smith, who was until recently head of European and Middle East hedge…
