08 Sep 2011
Asia-focused hedge funds weather August storm better than peers
According to data from Credit Suisse Group AG’s prime brokerage unit, approximately 80 Asia-focused hedge funds reported average losses of…
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Huttenlocher’s Myriad fund launch delayed
Carl Huttenlocher’s eagerly anticipated hedge fund launch in Hong Kong has been delayed because of a reguPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cCarl…
Monsoon Capital quant fund returns +17.5 per cent in August
Monsoon Capital, the US-based hedge fund founded in 2004, saw its USD15million managed futures fund, Monsoon Asia…
Pamplona Capital Management selects Quintillion for unsecured credit fund
Pamplona Capital Management has selected Quintillion to provide administration services to its unsecured credit fund which launched in Q2,…
Former Trivium hedge fund principal and analyst settle insider trading charges
The Honorable Jed S Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a consent judgment against…
Citi awarded mandate to deliver comprehensive suite of FoHFs admin and custody service to Sandalwood Securities
Citi has been awarded a mandate to provide a full complement of fund of hedge funds administration and custody services to Sandalwood…
Long term investors should try and see through the current economic squall
It is very hard to know where to start. The last month has been a chaotic mix of extreme market volatility, contradictory but generally…
Paul, Weiss adds private funds partner to investment management practice
Private funds lawyer Udi Grofman has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a corporate partner in the New York office."Udi…
Hedgeweek exclusive: Asian fund managers likely to adopt Hedge Fund Standards faster than the US, says Albourne Partners’ Ruddick
The Hedge Fund Standards Board, custodians of a set of Standards first drawn up in 2008 between global investors and hedge fund managers to…
Wells Fargo to acquire LaCrosse Global Fund Services
Wells Fargo & Company is to acquire LaCrosse Global Fund Services (LaCrosse), an independently managed hedge fund administration and…
07 Sep 2011
IndexIQ's broadest hedge fund index out performs S&P 500 in August
Early estimates for the very volatile month of August show broad hedge fund industry performance somewhere in the –3 to –5% range, while…
Talisman appoints David Zobel as CEO
Talisman Global Asset Management, a London-based private investment company, has appointed David Zobel to the role of chief executive…
Newedge appoints of Françoise Guillaume as global COO and deputy CEO
Newedge has appointed Françoise Guillaume (pictured) as Global Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Based in Paris,…
CFTC Grants CME Clearing Europe limited registration as a derivatives clearing organisation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an Order granting CME Clearing Europe Limited registration as a derivatives clearing…
Max von Bismarck to lead SkyBridge's international operations
SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investment firm, has strengthened its worldwide operations with the addition of Max von Bismarck…
