17 Dec 2013
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.31 per cent in November
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.31 per cent for the month of November, with all but two of the 10 sub-strategies recording…
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Hedgeweek Q&A with Michael Stapleton, IDA and Kieran Fox, IFIA
Michael Stapleton of the Industrial Development Agency and Kieran Fox (pictured) of the Irish Funds Industry Association discuss the…
Athena Systems releases 64-bit version of flagship "Aura" hedge fund platform
Athena Systems has released the latest 64-bit version of its “Aura” software.Aura delivers fully customisable hedge fund management and…
Wilson-Clarke joins Carne's team of Cayman Islands fund directors
Carne Group has named Michelle Wilson-Clarke as the latest addition to its team of Cayman Islands fund directors.Carne’s Cayman Islands…
16 Dec 2013
Verrazzano launches Advantage European Fund
Verrazzano Capital, the European equity specialist investment boutique founded by Guillaume Rambourg, has launched the Verrazzano Advantage…
LCH.Clearnet launches clearing for 187 single-name credit default swaps
LCH.Clearnet has expanded its credit default swap clearing (CDS) service, CDSClear, to offer single-name CDS clearing.The expansion…
ABN AMRO Clearing launches competition to pitch at Amsterdam Investors Forum 2014
Six alternative funds are being offered the chance to pitch to more than 200 institutional investors, funds of funds and high net worth…
KPMG micro site launches on Hedgeweek
Hedgeweek has launched a new micro site for KPMG, one of the financial industry’s leading Audit, Tax and Advisory firms.The aim of the…
Gottex and EIM to merge
Alternative investment managers Gottex Fund Management and EIM Group have reached agreement on the proposed merger of their businesses.The…
Meeting India’s investment needs
Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive of Guernsey Finance, has just returned from India where she was showcasing how Guernsey can help meet…
Genscape launches German CHP service as enhancement to Power RT Product
Genscape, a provider of energy information for commodity and financial markets, has launched plans for a new combined heat and power (CHP)…
15 Dec 2013
Facebook and the S&P 500
David Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, comments on Facebook’s inclusion in the S&P 500…On 11…
Alceda partners with ECPI Group to launch new fund… private wealth allocators show appetite for alternative UCITS…
Alceda Fund Management SA announced this week that it had launched the ECPI MEGA TREND FUNDS-ECPI Sustainable Global Mega Trends in…
13 Dec 2013
Fitch publishes updated investment manager and alternative funds criteria
Fitch Ratings has updated its Investment Manager and Alternative Funds Criteria report, which applies to the ratings of traditional…
Amundi Alternative Investments obtains AIFM authorisation
Amundi Alternative Investments SAS (Amundi AI) has obtained AIFM authorisation from the French securities regulator (Autorité des Marchés…
