19 Jul 2011
Frontier’s FrontEdge Global Hedge adds EUR and Swiss Franc share classes
Frontier Investment Management (Frontier) has launched Euro and Swiss Franc share classes for its FrontEdge Global Hedge Fund in response…
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NYSE Euronext launches single commodity indices on NYSE Liffe futures contracts
NYSE Euronext has extended its range of indices into the commodity asset class with the launch of four single commodity indices based on…
Agecroft Partners hires hedge fund veteran Doug Moore
Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, has hired hedge fund veteran Doug Moore as a Managing…
Comment: How the Eurozone crisis threatens the UK
Andrew Morris (pictured), managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and…
Hedge funds slide 1.04% in June
Hedge fund performance was down for the second month in a row, with a 1.04% loss in June according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled…
Guernsey removed from US “blacklist”
Guernsey’s engagement with Washington has resulted in Democrat Senator Carl Levin removing the Island from his “blacklist”. Guernsey’s…
SEC charges James M Peister and Northstar International Group over Ponzi scheme
On July 14, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern…
18 Jul 2011
SEC charges operator of USD21m forex Ponzi scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against the CEO of a purported foreign currency trading firm, alleging he…
Carne director appointed to board of Oddo Alternative Investment Fund
John Donohoe, CEO of Carne Financial Services Group, has been named as an independent director to the board of the brand new Oddo Asset…
Comment: Regulatory overload
Regulation must be 'targeted, appropriate and relevant', says Dermot Butler, chairman of Custom House Global Fund Services Ltd and Custom…
SEC obtains final judgment against Danielle Chiesi
The Honorable Jed S Rakoff, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, has entered a…
AIMA creates forum for smaller managers
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has created the AIMA Smaller Managers’ Group.…
NYSE Liffe gains first Chinese Broker
NYSE Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has gained the first broker headquartered in the People’s Republic of China…
RBC Hedge 250 Index returned -1.24 per cent in June 2011
The RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of -1.24 per cent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to 0.57 per cent. These…
DJ Credit Suisse HFI down 1.36% in June
Despite negative markets in June, hedge funds were able to attract new assets, with an estimated USD5.6 billion flowing into the space…
