10 Mar 2014
Multi-manager Tony Yousefian joins Charteris
Charteris Treasury Portfolio Managers has appointed multi-manager Tony Yousefian. Yousefian joins the firm from City Financial, where he…
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Tullett Prebon AI expands into Middle East
Interdealer-broker Tullett Prebon’s alternative investments (AI) team has opened an office in Dubai to serve the Middle East market.Gahtan…
Worth Venture Partners launches multi-manager hedge fund
Worth Venture Partners (WVP), a hedge fund business founded in 2012 by Abby Flamholz and David Wertentheil, has announced the official…
CAIA to certify Gabelli’s alternative investment curriculum
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) is to certify Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business secondary…
09 Mar 2014
Precious metals re-assert their safe haven status but canny investors wait it out
As the gold price rose amid safe haven buying from the tension in Ukraine, GoldMoney customers waited out the rush with the bulk of…
Bonus fears for US managers under proposed UCITS V rules… Alternative UCITS gain 1.06 per cent in February…
February proved to be a more positive month performance-wise for alternative UCITS funds with the UCITS Alternative Index Global returning…
07 Mar 2014
Lyxor Hedge Fund index up 1.9 per cent in February
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1.9 per cent in February, bringing year to date performance to +1.45 per cent, with 11 out of 12 strategy…
KNEIP expands service offering to meet regulatory demands in Europe
KNEIP has launched an expanded service offering to help asset managers meet the increased demands posed by regulation in Europe.Over the…
Online marketing platform changing alternatives fundraising
Half (51 per cent) of institutional investors are now actively seeking out investments through proactively contacting fund managers, with…
Hedge fund investors question offshore director independence and credibility
The majority of hedge fund investors and operational due diligence analysts (73 per cent) feel directors do not serve a useful function,…
Asian fund managers start the year with low net exposure… ex-3i Asia head to launch hedge fund…
Asian hedge fund specialists GFIA said Asian fund managers ended January with low net exposures, with selective net short exposures in…
Advent receives top honours from Hedgeweek readers
Advent Software’s Geneva portfolio management and fund accounting product was named Best Fund Accounting and Reporting System 2014 by the…
06 Mar 2014
Guernsey added 103 new funds during 2013
Guernsey’s financial services regulator approved 30 new investment funds during the fourth quarter of last year, which means that there…
Peregrine Communications wins for fourth time at 2014 Hedgeweek Awards
Peregrine Communications, the financial services PR, marketing and design agency, has been voted by Hedgeweek's readers as the "Best…
BNP Paribas Securities Services launches intraday liquidity reporting
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a reporting tool enabling intraday liquidity monitoring for investment banks, allowing them to…
