02 Apr 2007
EDHEC/EuroPerformance Alpha League Table for France shows that most previous winners have stayed in the top flight
EDHEC and EuroPerformance have released their 2007 rankings of the top French asset management companies for long-only equity funds: the…
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Mcube unveils AlphaExchange alliance with Japan's Bridge Capital Securities
Mcube Investment Technologies has launched an alliance with Tokyo-based Bridge Capital Securities, a securities investment firm that…
30 Mar 2007
Pace of hedge fund launches and liquidations slowed in 2006, says HFR
The global hedge fund industry saw a drop in both launches and liquidations last year compared with the record-setting pace of 2005,…
Comment: Energy and commodity investing - risk is pervasive and growing
Gary M Vasey, vice-president for Europe at UtiliPoint International, argues that investors are rushing into the energy sector with little…
Integrated Asset Management names Peter Rose as chief investment officer
AIM-listed alternative investment group Integrated Asset Management has appointed Peter Rose as chief investment officer of its fund…
Comment: Market complacency - the risk of inaction
Kostas Iordanidis, co-chief investment officer at USD5.4bn fund of hedge funds manager Olympia Capital Management, argues that the current…
SG Securities Services launches middle-office service for complex derivative products
Following its commercialisation of pricing services, performance attribution and risk calculation for complex derivative products, Société…
29 Mar 2007
Dublin listing raises GBP46m for FRM Credit Alpha fund
Financial Risk Management, a global manager and adviser of funds of hedge funds, has raised GBP46m for FRM Credit Alpha, a…
B&G Holding plans secondary offering for Europe-focused multi-strategy fund
Absolute return investment manager Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management has announced a secondary offering of shares in its…
28 Mar 2007
Emerging hedge funds perform better than older, larger funds, says PerTrac
The widely-held belief that emerging hedge funds perform better than older and larger funds has been reinforced by research from PerTrac…
New Star raises USD95.2m for second Hedge ETS tranche
New Star Asset Management has raised an additional USD95.2m for a second tranche of Hedge ETS, a London-listed daily tradable security that…
27 Mar 2007
State Street Global Advisors wins GBP165m equity mandate for 130/30 strategy
State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has been appointed to manage a GBP165m global…
Pinnacle launches emerging manager investor database marketing product
Pinnacle Alternative Investments, a business and marketing consultant for emerging commodity, futures and currency hedge fund managers, has…
26 Mar 2007
SpotLite Euro Stoxx Weekly Technical Report - 26 March 2007
Indices Most European indices bounced back from their recent lows, revived by the bullish sentiment in the Asian and US markets. Indices…
PowerShares completes takeover of Nasdaq ETFs
PowerShares and Nasdaq Global Funds have finalised the sponsorship transfer of the Nasdaq 100 exchange-traded fund, in fulfilment of a…
