15 May 2011
Hedge fund flows up 2.29% in May, says GlobeOp
Hedge fund flows, as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movements Index, were up 2.29% in May.“After last month’s pause, investors continued…
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13 May 2011
Deutsche Börse management and supervisory boards recommend Alpha Beta offer
The management board and the supervisory board of Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft have made a joint statement recommending that the…
12 May 2011
Emerging communications system architectures deliver for hedge funds and other specialty firms
While there is no such thing as “typical” trading communications requirements for small- and medium-sized financial services businesses…
Advocating the Asian Cloud
By Rick Morris – It wasn’t so long ago that hedge funds refused to countenance any kind of remote hosting solution. Concerns about security…
Ardon Capital gets Pulse racing with new event driven fund
Pulse Capital Partners LLC has teamed up with Hong Kong-based Ardon Capital Management to launch a new APARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cPulse…
Asian hedge funds make steady gains for April
Early indications show that Asian hedge funds made modest returns for April with most strategies posting positive…
Asia attracts record USD3.6billion in new assets for Q1 says Hedge Fund Research
Asian hedge funds attracted a record USD3.6billion in net new capital in Q1 reported Hedge Fund Research this week; the largest…
Asian economic growth attracting hedgies to Singapore says MAS
Global hedge funds are increasingly being drawn to Singapore on the back of Asian economic growth according the Monetary Authority of…
MKP Capital opens London office; expands in New York
MKP Capital Management, a diversified alternative asset manager, has opened a European office at 3 St James’s Square in London. The London…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund Index up 1.4% in April
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe,…
NewAlpha Asset Management makes strategic investment in BRIM
NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris‐based global hedge fund incubation specialist, has made a strategic investment in in the BRIM Asian…
HFR launches daily performance database
HFR (Hedge Fund Research, Inc) has launched the industry’s first daily hedge fund performance database, allowing investors to access data…
US policy means global boom-bust in 2011-12
By Charles Dumas - An undervalued country within a fixed-currency will tend to inflation, an overvalued country to deflation. Within the…
Orinda Asset Management launches multi-manager hedged equity mutual fund
Orinda Asset Management LLC, an independent, privately-held asset management firm, is to launch the Orinda Multi-Manager Hedged Equity Fund…
MarketAxess launches electronic trading of preferred stocks and asset-backed securities
MarketAxess Holdings has launched electronic trading for preferred stocks and consumer-based asset-backed securities (ABS) on its…