28 Mar 2012
Man Group launches managed accounts system, Clarus, to give investors greater portfolio transparency
Man Group, the alternative investment manager, has launched Clarus, an online portal for investors in managed accounts to obtain greater…
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27 Mar 2012
Lamont and Flanders set for debate at Guernsey Funds Forum
All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders…
Fund of hedge funds industry is all about niches
Don Steinbrugge, managing member of third-party marketing firm Agecroft Partners, says that in a highly competitive marketplace with more…
Gottex returns to operational profitability
Global alternative asset management group Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex) returned to operating profitability in 2011,…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.61% in February
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished February up 1.61%, with 9 out of 10 strategies in…
Hedgeweek Insight: Man and Machine – with assets topping USD1.2billion Man GLG’s broker-based systematic trading strategy is proving popular
GLG’s Pierre Lagrange first came up with the idea to monitor brokers’ ideas back in 2005. The European equity long-only strategy ran…
SEC establishes new supervisory cooperation arrangements with foreign counterparts
The Securities and Exchange Commission has established comprehensive arrangements with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the…
26 Mar 2012
SFA wants further measures to strengthen competitiveness of Swiss financial sector
The Swiss Funds Association (SFA) only agrees in part with the Federal Council’s dispatch with regard to a partial revision of the…
Hedge fund strategies make strong comeback in a ‘risk on’ environment
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index has gained 2% year-to-date (+0.7% in February), illustrating a strong come-back from Hedge Fund strategies in a…
Dutch Hedge Fund Index returned 1.08% for February
The Dutch Hedge Fund Index returned 1.08% for February, which compares favourably with the DB and Lyxor Hedge Fund Indices (1.27% and 0.72%…
ICAP launches first fully tradeable Delta One equity derivatives platform
Interdealer broker ICAP has launched iLinked, the first fully tradeable Delta One equity derivatives platform. The platform will operate as…
GlobeOp shares lessons learned from Form PF test filings
GlobeOp offers several pragmatic insights gained during private fund (Form PF) test filings on behalf of clients. The first SEC filing…
Coast sells fund of hedge funds business
Alternative investment firm Coast Asset Management is selling its fund of hedge funds business and focusing its efforts on funds that…
Joel M Schwab joins HFR as MD
HFR has appointed Joel M Schwab as a Managing Director, a role in which he will head up new business development efforts for HFR Hedge Fund…
Salus Alpha’a Equity Hedged ranked No2 by BarclayHedge
Salus Alpha’s Equity Hedged strategy has been ranked as No2 in the Fund of Funds - Equity category in BarclayHedge’s Annual hedge fund…
