08 May 2012
Carne appoints Fred Schilling to US team of fund directors
Carne Group, a providers of hedge fund governance, has appointed senior US banker Fred Schilling as a Managing Director in its US office.…
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RiverPark introduces RiverPark/Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund
RiverPark Advisors has introduced the RiverPark/Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund, a conversion of the Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund LP, which has a…
Record attendance for Guernsey Funds Forum 2012
Guernsey Funds Forum 2012 held in London this week attracted well in excess of 400 delegates – a new attendance record for the event.The…
06 May 2012
IFIA opens Hong Kong office, alternative UCITS funds falter again, and Ignis AM prepares to launch bond fund
Alternative UCITS funds continued to pare back gains made in the first two months of the year.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cAlternative UCITS…
04 May 2012
Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund passes USD250m in assets
The Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund (MASFX) has passed USD250 million in net assets – just six months after the fund…
NASDAQ OMX selected as trading technology partner for the NZX
The NASDAQ OMX Group has been selected as technology partner for the New Zealand market (NZX). NASDAQ OMX will deliver its widely deployed…
CFTC charges Christopher Hales, Eric Richardson and Bentley Equities with fraud and Misappropriation
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal court action in Utah charging Bentley Equities, LLC (Bentley), a…
EMERGENCE announces first seeding partnership
The newly launched EMERGENCE seeding platform, created in early 2012 with the backing of seven major French institutional investors and…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index down 0.33% in April
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed down 0.33% in April as most of the index component strategies reported negative…
Court of appeal upholds USD62m Lauer judgement
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the District Court’s grant of summary judgment against Michael…
Front-office outsourcing an attractive option for Hong Kong start-ups says BTIG’s Harrison
The hedge fund industry is starting to witness a growing trend in outsourcing front-office trading desk operations. Start-up hedge funds in…
Redkite generates world’s first ESMA market surveillance alert
Redkite Financial Markets, a specialist provider of market surveillance systems, has generated the world’s first ever ESMA alert. The alert…
03 May 2012
Eurex sees average daily volume of 10.9 million contracts in April
In April 2012, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10.9 million contracts (April…
Goodwin Procter expands PE practice with addition of Nissan and Nugent in New York
Ilan S Nissan and Christian C Nugent have joined Goodwin Procter’s Private Equity Practice as partners in its New York office. They will…
Asia industry AUM could rival Europe’s in five years’ time as second-generation talent evolves and China opens up its capital markets…Hugh Hendry, though, remains China bear
Much has been made of the poor performance of Asian hedge funds in 2011, particularly equity long/short strategies (which still dominate…
