27 Apr 2012
BCM lists on AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace
Billings Capital Management (BCM) has listed on online private investment marketplace AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace (AGM).The investment…
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Court freezes assets of Robert A Christy and Crabapple Capital over forex fraud
Judge Richard W Story of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, has entered an emergency order freezing the assets of…
ALTIN AG down 7.52% in 2011
ALTIN AG, the Swiss alternative investment company, finished the year down 7.52%, but thanks to its active management style, performed…
26 Apr 2012
CIC and BlackRock team up; Fatca and Asia; paying the price for short-selling in Hong Kong…
China’s sovereign-wealth fund, CIC, is believed to be teaming up with the world’s largest money manager BlackRock Inc to a start a…
Eze Castle releases white paper on tech solutions for Form PF
Eze Castle has released a new white paper providing an in-depth examination of the challenges that Form Private Fund (Form PF) regulation…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.05% in March
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished March up 0.05%, with five out of 10 strategies in…
CBOE Futures Exchange and DRW Trading Group to create stock index variance futures
The CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and DRW Trading Group have completed an agreement that will allow CFE to use DRW's patent-pending…
Japan’s PFA selects MSCI’s RiskMetrics HedgePlatform
Japan’s Pension Fund Association (PFA) has chosen MSCI’s RiskMetrics HedgePlatform as their hedge fund transparency provider.PFA, which…
ALTIN FoHF shows hand
ALTIN has disclosed its entire hedge fund portfolio holdings as of 1 April 2012 as part of its policy of full transparency to…
25 Apr 2012
Altegris announces advisor share class
Altegris is to launch a new "R" share class on 1 May designed exclusively for registered investment advisors (RIAs) seeking to invest in…
British economy has gone for a burton
It's official. The British economy has gone for a Burton, says Marcus Bullus, trading director at MB Capital…The Government and the Bank of…
For Man Systematic Strategies’ Sandy Rattray, the key is ‘do lots more different things’
“Each of our funds is a niche product where we’re trying to resolve a specific issue that investors face,” notes Sandy Rattray, the CIO of…
SSgA adds two currency strategies to dbSelect
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched two currency investment strategies on Deutsche Bank’s dbSelect, its platform for accessing…
LCH.Clearnet in discussions to expand US footprint with acquisition of IDCG
LCH.Clearnet Group Limited has signed non-binding heads of agreement with International Derivatives Clearing Group, LLC (IDCG) and The…
Polar Capital hires Hufton
Specialist investment manager Polar Capital Holdings has hired Michael Hufton to assist Robert Gurner and Andrew Marsh in the management of…