15 Feb 2013
Heritage Fund Services makes board appointment and senior promotions
Heritage International Fund Managers (HIFM) has made a number of promotions following a successful 2012 in which the company saw growth in…
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14 Feb 2013
Mirabaud launches Global High Yield Bonds fund
Mirabaud Asset Management has launched the Global High Yield Bonds fund. The fund was launched on 1 February with assets in excess of…
Chadbourne expands private funds practice group team in New York
International law firm Chadbourne & Parke has appointed Sean Dailey as counsel in the private funds group in its New York office.…
Europe’s elite not the only ones struggling under weight of compliance, says Helvetic
Compliance bosses for Europe’s largest asset managers are not the only ones struggling under the weight of increased regulation, according…
Nine out of 11 Newedge hedge fund indices positive in January
Nine of Newedge’s 11 hedge fund indices posted positive returns in January with the Newedge Commodity Trading Index leading the way with a…
ESMA remuneration guidelines increase cost and complexity for fund managers
Neville Bramwell (pictured), partner at Deloitte, comments on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA’s) final guidelines on…
Barclay Hedge Fund Index gains 2.84 per cent in January
Hedge funds gained 2.84 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “Fiscal cliff fears…
RDX USD index derivatives reach one million traded contracts
Eurex Exchange has exceeded one million contracts traded in the RDX USD index futures and options since trading began on 19 March 2012.The…
Average hedge fund fee significantly lower than reported
Hedge fund industry assets are up slightly from their peak in Q3 2008, however the average fee paid on industry assets has declined much…
13 Feb 2013
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 2.62 per cent in January
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2013 measured 2.62 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured…
Smart Beta strategies continue to attract assets, says Towers Watson
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather…
Hedge funds lose USD14.2bn in assets in 2012
Hedge fund investors redeemed a net USD14.2bn in 2012, reversing a USD50.7bn inflow to the industry in 2011, according to a report from…
Move out of gilts and better allocate strategic bond portfolios
David Zahn (pictured), manager of the Templeton Strategic Bond Fund, believes it is time for UK strategic bond funds to make use of…
Persimmon Capital Management launches long/short fund
Persimmon Capital Management has launched Persimmon Long/Short Fund (LSEAX), a multi-adviser mutual fund that seeks to use long/short…
Commodity market increased in January amid improved macroeconomic indicators
Commodities benefited from an uptick in global growth momentum in January. Nelson Louie, global head of commodities in Credit Suisse's…
