16 May 2012
Sciens MAP adds JE Moody Commodity Relative Value Program
J E Moody’s Commodity Relative Value (CRV) Program has been added to Sciens’ managed account platform (MAP). J E Moody’s CRV Program is a…
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Sins of commission and omission
The recently published Economist review of the prospects for the Channel Islands, provides a rather gloomy view of the future; a…
NYSE Euronext and China Financial Futures Exchange sign MOU
NYSE Euronext (NYX) and the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote a bilateral…
Gottex acquires Penjing Asset Management
Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited has reached agreement on the acquisition of Hong Kong based Penjing Asset Management (Penjing), one…
Hatteras Funds expands investment management team
Thomas Riegert, CFA, has joined boutique alternative investment specialist Hatteras Funds as Associate, Portfolio Management. He will…
LCH.Clearnet launches CDSClear Internationally
LCH.Clearnet has launched its international CDSClear service, an extension to the established domestic French offering launched in March…
15 May 2012
GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 0.51%
The gross return of the GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for April, 2012 measured 0.51%. Year-to-date (YTD) the index is up 3.66% and…
Prologue Capital adds two mortgage veterans
Prologue Capital, a global/macro investment firm that manages a discretionary fixed income strategy, has recruited Michael Chapey and Noah…
Threadneedle UK Absolute Alpha Fund reaches USD100m milestone
The Threadneedle UK Absolute Alpha Fund, co-managed by Mark Westwood and Chris Kinder, has delivered top quartile returns since its launch…
CFTC charges Michael J Leighton with USD1.6m commodity pool fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action in the US District Court for the Central District of…
14 May 2012
The keys to successful hedge fund investing
By Georg Wessling – Many investors have been disappointed with their hedge fund returns over the past couple of years. This is justified to…
Opening up to the idea of outsourcing operations
“The landscape for alternative investments is at an interesting and important inflection point,” says Michael Appenzeller. “Managers as…
Focusing on superior risk-adjusted performance
As an independent division of Pictet Group, Pictet Alternative Investments benefits from the stability of the parent company, which last…
Administrators must offer fully-fledged asset servicing model
Awareness of alternative investments among Swiss institutions is not recent. For many years pension funds have been allocating a…
Evolving institutional requirements drive changes in multi-manager model
By Simon Gray – Multi-manager offerings have long been central to Switzerland’s alternative investment industry, and that seems unlikely to…
