12 Sep 2007
Investors dissatisfied with stock market indices they use as benchmarks, says EDHEC survey
Investors and managers are dissatisfied with the stock market indices they use as benchmarks according to a new survey by EDHEC.Investors…
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11 Sep 2007
Integrated Asset Management acquires remaining 49.9% of Attica Holdings
Integrated Asset Management has completed the acquisition of the 49.9% of Attica Holdings UK Limited (Attica) it did not already…
Unique Investment Platform sponsored by Barclays Capital and Shariah Capital Inc
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, and Shariah Capital Inc, a US-based company publicly-listed on the…
10 Sep 2007
Possible acquisition of Forsyth Partners Limited by Crosby Capital Partners
Crosby Capital Partners confirmed that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Forsyth Partners Group to acquire certain…
07 Sep 2007
South African regulator to license hedge fund managers
South Africa's Financial Services Board has introduced new rules under the country's Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act that…
Fortis launches new Chinese equities fund for institutions
Fortis Investments has launched the New Equity Opportunities China Fund, which is geared to institutional investors and aims to exploit…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Citigroup drops Tribeca fund operation to focus on Old Lane
Citigroup is shuttering its USD2bn Tribeca Global Investments hedge fund business and will return money to investors in order to focus its…
Fund of funds manager Forsyth in acquisition talks
Forsyth Partners, the fund of funds manager and fund research provider that had its distribution licence in Dubai withdrawn at the end of…
Online recruitment eases soaring cost of finding talent
With the demand for talented human resources in the alternative asset sector soaring, recruiting agencies are cashing in.With the demand…
06 Sep 2007
RMF launches first environmental fund of hedge funds
Swiss-based hedge fund manager RMF Investment Management has launched a fund of hedge funds, RMF Environmental Opportunities Fund, which…
Liffe launches JPMorgan IPOX Europe 50 derivatives on Bclear
In partnership with JPMorgan, London-based derivatives exchange Liffe is introducing for the first time a bespoke product on Bclear, its…
August volatility brings record broking volumes at Icap
Global interdealer broker Icap, which is active in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, energy, foreign exchange and equity…
Global Advisors closes commodity funds blaming poor performance
Specialist commodity hedge fund manager Global Advisors has announced that funds will be returned to investors in the Global Advisors…
Industry veteran Jacobs joins Fulcrum from PFPC to head US business development
Fulcrum, a Bermuda-based administrator for the global hedge fund and alternative asset management industry, has appointed industry veteran…
Troika Dialog Asset Management closes first-ever Russian corporates CDO
Moscow-based Troika Dialog Asset Management, in conjunction with Deutsche Bank, has closed CDO I, the first ever rouble-denominated…
