12 Jan 2012
IMQubator and Synergy Fund Management team up to source and seed next generation of APAC managers
Europe’s leading seeding platform, IMQubator (IMQ), and Synergy Fund Management, a Hong Kong-based fund manager established by Eliza…
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Quantedge global macro fund gains 32 per cent in 2011
Singapore-based hedge fund Quantedge Capital saw its global macro fund gain 32 per cent last year and now aims to be double assets to…
Penta Investment Advisers to return outside capital
John Zwaanstra, a former Soros Fund Management LLC trader, plans to return outside capital in Penta Investment Advisers, an Asia-focused…
Azentus Capital down 6.8 per cent last year
2011 was a tough year for hedge funds.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6c2011 was a tough year for hedge funds. Irrespective of pedigree or…
Equity sales desks recommend higher percentage of shorts in Q4 2011
Sell-side trader short recommendations totalled 41% of net trade ideas in 4Q11, up from 36% in 3Q11, 34% in 2Q11, and 33% in Q1 2011,…
Segregation of customer funds for cleared swaps
Gary Gensler (pictured), chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is backing the final rules on the segregation of…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index down 0.36% in December 2011
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 0.36% in December. Year-to-date performance as of December 2011 is down 6.59%. The top performing…
Silk Road Management launches Silk Road Australia Index
Silk Road Management has launched the Silk Road Australia Index (SILKAU), a debut benchmark that includes largest Mongolia and Central…
11 Jan 2012
‘A Postcard from China’
Jing Sun, Manager of the PSigma Global Equity Fund, is encouraged by a recent research trip to China… I have just returned from Hong Kong…
Ogier expands into Luxembourg
Ogier is to open a boutique law firm in Luxembourg in early 2012, making it the first offshore firm with an onshore legal presence in the…
Hedgeweek 2012 Global Awards
We are conducting a survey of the Hedgeweek readership to assess the best hedge fund performers and service providers during 2011 in a…
NYSE Euronext sees global derivatives ADV up 12% year-on-year
NYSE Euronext has reported global derivatives ADV in December 2011 of 7.5 million contracts, an increase of 11.8% compared to December…
Citco embraces Open Protocol Standard
In August 2011 the ‘Open Protocol Enabling Risk Aggregation’ standard was launched as a means to align transparency reporting formats and…
Hedge funds decline 0.60% in December
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 0.60% in December (-4.27% YTD), while the S&P 500 advanced 0.85% (-0.02% YTD), the Dow Jones…
10 Jan 2012
CFTC orders Newedge USA to pay USD700,000 for submitting inaccurate large trader reports
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has entered an order requiring Newedge USA, LLC (Newedge), a New York-based futures…
