15 Oct 2012
The anti-emotion approach to stock trading
Dr Anton Dudoukin and Dmitry Dudoukin are partners in Courant Asset Management Ltd. Courant Asset Management is the managing company of…
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Consistency drives performance of WEELS fund
“Delivering sustainable value” lies at the heart of the investment philosophy at Wermuth Asset Management, a German family investment firm…
Trading faster than the speed of light…
Hendrik Klein (pictured) and his team at Zurich-based Da Vinci Invest AG have been trading futures on Eurex since 1995, using a…
Volatile markets play into the hands of multi-arbitrage shop
“We really like risk-on risk-off markets. I personally think this is going to continue for some time yet. The eurozone issue is not going…
A one-click approach to accessing alpha
By James Williams – EXANTE is a unique integrated trading and fund platform offering whose genesis grew out of a challenge faced by its…
CFTC provides registration no-action relief for certain swaps intermediaries
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s division of swap dealer and intermediary oversight (DSIO) has issued a no-action letter to…
Maples Fund Services expands US business
Maples Fund Services has expanded its US operations with the hire of Megan Corcoran as director of business development, Americas.Based in…
14 Oct 2012
Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds plc joins Ascentric Wrap Platform, UCITS attract EUR24billion in net inflows for August…
Swiss-based Pharus Management has launched Pharus Management Luxembourg SA to manage UCITS compliant SICAVs, specialized investment funds…
Why you lose by trying not to lose
Most people have quite a clear attitude towards losing money from their investments – that they don’t like it – and for good reason.…
12 Oct 2012
eFront acquires DMLT
eFront, an alternative investment software solutions provider backed by private equity firm Francisco Partners, has acquired DMLT, a…
GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 1.11 per cent in September
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September 2012 measured 1.11 per cent. Hedge fund flows as…
Hedge funds gain USD5.1bn in August
The hedge fund industry took in USD5.1bn (0.3 per cent of assets) in August, reversing a USD9.2bn outflow (0.5 per cent of assets) in July,…
Management of Larch Lane Advisors to acquire business from OMAM
The existing management team of Larch Lane Advisors, a specialist in early stage hedge fund investing and seeding, is to acquire the…
AIMA launches Middle East initiative
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has launched a Middle East initiative. AIMA is…
Reech AiM Group appoints client services director
Reech AiM Group, the international asset management group specialising in absolute return strategies, has appointed Daniel Betts as client…
