12 Jul 2011
Mark Price to Join ICAP as Group Chief Operating Officer
ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world’s premier interdealer broker and supplier of post trade risk and information services, has appointed Mark Price…
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Hedge fund inflows negative in July says GlobeOp
Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index were negative 0.2% in July."July flows again reflected quarterly…
Hedge funds down 1.2% in June, says Hennessee
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -.20% in June (+1.45% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined 1.83% (+5.01% YTD), the Dow Jones…
Hedge funds outperform equity benchmarks in turbulent markets, says GGHFI
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) navigated volatile markets to finish the month with a slight loss.…
Hedge funds take in USD8.1bn in May
The hedge fund industry posted an inflow of USD8.1 billion (0.5% of assets) in May 2011, according to the latest report from BarclayHedge…
Comment: Omens aren't good for Italian bond market
Andrew Morris, managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and their…
LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear clears interest rate swaps for DZ BANK
DZ BANK has successfully commenced clearing its interest rate swaps (IRS) business through SwapClear, LCH.Clearnet Ltd’s (LCH.Clearnet)…
Société Générale selects Lombard Risk's COLLINE for global collateral management
Lombard Risk Management plc has announced a major global contract with another tier one bank - Société Générale - for its COLLINE…
GLG launches UCITS version of flagship European long-short strategy
Man Group's GLG Partners is to launch the GLG European Equity Alternative (the fund), a UCITS version of its successful GLG European…
Distribution at the heart of MontLake platform
Come September, ML Capital’s dedicated Ucits platform, MontLake, is on target to have four funds operating on it, in what is so far turning…
Alternative Ucits prosper but will QIFs and SIFs spoil the party?
By James Williams – The last twelve months have done a lot to consolidate peoples’ views of alternative Ucits. Fund managers have started…
Investor complacency creeping into Ucits space
Funds of Ucits hedge funds are a recent product development: the Gottex Absolute Return Fund, a multi-strategy product, launched 7 July…
Are Ucits funds the right strategy for alternative managers?
By Olivier Sciales (pictured) and Rémi Chevalier – Continued uncertainty regarding the provisions of the European Union’s Alternative…
Management talent and distribution key to alternative Ucits success
By James Williams – The alternatives industry is today experiencing a paradigm shift. Long the preserve of ultra wealthy individuals and…
Euro Pacific Asset Management launches EuroPac Hard Asset Fund
Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC, a Newport Beach, California-based asset manager affiliated with Peter Schiff's brokerage firm, Euro…
