26 Jan 2012
Hedge funds down 2.52% in 2011, says Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished the fourth quarter up 0.71%, however, the overall…
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Kleinberg Kaplan names two new members
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced that Kelly E Zelezen and Euchung Ung have been named members of Kleinberg,…
Northern Trust offers new fund of hedge funds reporting platform
Northern Trust has enhanced its offering to Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) clients with a new reporting platform that provides clients with…
David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital Inc fined GBP7.2m for trading on inside information in Punch Taverns
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined David Einhorn (pictured), owner of the prominent US hedge fund Greenlight Capital Inc…
Penison fund contributions to hedge funds to hit 10-15%, says Steinbrugge
Average pension fund allocations to hedge funds over next five to 10 years ‘will reach 15 to 20%’, says Agecroft’s SteinbruggeNet inflows…
Sandy McIntyre appointed CEO of Sentry Investments
Sandy McIntyre has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer at Sentry Investments. McIntyre, who joined the firm in 2000,…
SimCorp survey reveals buy-side lack of confidence in data quality
Over 40% of executives from buy-side firms across the US are not confident that the data they are receiving from disparate systems such as…
25 Jan 2012
Change to the ownership structure and management of Dalton Strategic Partnership
Following the sudden death of Andrew Dalton in April 2011, agreement has been reached, in principle, for the purchase of equity of Dalton…
2012 has a good starting point even though the themes and stress points will remain the same
The start of this year looks very different to 2011 and 2010 even though the themes and stress points remain the same: Risk is cheaper, non…
BNY Mellon appoints new Luxembourg sales head for alternatives
Brian McMahon, Managing Director, Business Development Executive, has been appointed as BNY Mellon’s senior alternative industry facing…
Options IT sees surge in demand among HF managers for its private cloud-deployed financial office service
Options IT, provider of the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud services platform for the exchange, banking, trading and investment…
Callan selects eVestment for hedge fund of funds data collection
eVestment Alliance is to act as Callan Associate’s data collection platform for hedge fund of funds and other alternatives strategies.…
Long/short equity most popular UCITS strategy, says PerTrac
Long/short equity is the most popular strategy pursued by Alternative UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable…
24 Jan 2012
Vanderweyen joins Alter Domus
Laurent Vanderweyen (pictured)has joined Alter Domus – an independent provider of professional administration services for multinational…
Timothy Michael Murphy and Centurion Global Capital Management to pay USD360,000 over commodity pool solicitation fraud
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and simultaneously settled charges against Timothy Michael Murphy of Redding,…
