24 Aug 2007
AIR surpasses USD3bn in modelled catastrophe bonds in 2007
AIR Worldwide Corporation has announced it has provided risk modelling and analytical services for more than USD3bn in insurance-linked…
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Investment firm head says traded life policies offer investors safe haven
Even a cut of 1 per cent in US interest rates will be insufficient to resolve the crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market and dampen the…
22 Aug 2007
Indian markets unlikely to be rocked by market turmoil, says Hudson Fairfax
India's economy remains a good bet for international investors, with buoyant domestic demand and strong fundamentals, in spite of the…
Imarex hires King for tanker derivatives desk
Imarex, the operator of the International Maritime Exchange, an authorised and regulated marketplace for trading and clearing of maritime…
Hedge funds profit from sub-prime collapse, says Hennessee
Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors and index provider, says that while some hedge funds focused on mortgage-backed…
CP Eaton Partners expands team with three new professionals
Daniel J Vene, Jeffrey J Eaton and Thomas L Knechtel have joined independent global placement agent CP Eaton Partners at its headquarters…
21 Aug 2007
Franklin Templeton Investments launches three new Sicav funds
Franklin Templeton Investments, one of the world's largest asset managers with more than USD621bn in assets under management, has launched…
Relief for Cayman fund industry as Hurricane Dean veers south
The booming alternative funds industry, along with the rest of the population of the Cayman Islands, breathed a sigh of relief on Monday…
Songsmith captures the anguish of troubled traders
With a tune hauntingly familiar to devotees of the late, great Tammy Wynette, singer Merle Hazard has laid down a musical backdrop to the…
Guernsey funds under management reach new high
Guernsey is continuing to exploit its appeal as a centre for fund administration, according to financial sector promotional body…
17 Aug 2007
Market turmoil leaves hedge funds poised between threat and opportunity
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which has admitted to losses in the hedge funds it manages totalling up to USD3bn amid continuing fall-out…
Short managers shine amid gloomy July for hedge funds
Hedge funds recorded on average little or no gains in July as managers suffered from sharp falls in US, European and Asian equity markets,…
Hedge fund assets reach estimated USD2.6trn, says survey
Total hedge fund asset levels increased by 8 per cent in the second quarter of this year to USD2.593trn, from USD2.401trn at the end of…
Dexion Trading unveils proposals for corporate reorganisation
The board of London-listed fund of hedge funds Dexion Trading has finalised proposals to replace its previous investment adviser, FRM…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Central banks pump in liquidity to ward off financing crisis
The Federal Reserve injected some USD38bn into the US banking system, following similar moves by the central banks of Europe, Australia,…
