28 Apr 2011
Stability and efficiency for fund managers
By Michael Appenzeller - Over the past two years Switzerland has been a focus for hedge fund managers re-examining the location of their…
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Comment: Endowments and Foundations are back and better than ever as active allocators to hedge funds
Don Steinbrugge (pictured), Chairman of Agecroft Partners, looks at how endowments and foundations are rediscovering their appetite for…
Bob Contri named head of Deloitte’s Financial Services Industry Group
Deloitte has appointed Bob Contri as leader of its financial services industry group in the United States. Contri currently serves as…
GlobeOp achieves record AuA of USD167 billion
GlobeOp Financial Services' assets under administration (AuA) increased to a record total of USD167 billion as at 31 March 2011, a 12%…
27 Apr 2011
Natixis Alternative Investments France launches SIXTINA Harbert Event Opportunities Fund
Natixis Alternative Investments France has launched a new fund on its dedicated managed fund platform - the SIXTINA Harbert Event…
AAA reports worldwide rise in timber prices
Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA), an alternative investment advocacy organisation, reports that global demand for timber has increased,…
SEC halts fraudulent Beverley Hills hedge fund and wealth management business
The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order to shut down a Beverly Hills, California hedge fund and wealth…
Deutsche Bank to provide SuperX data to Rosenblatt and Tabb Group
Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn Equity business is to provide average volumes and trade sizes of SuperX, its US Alternative Trading System, to…
26 Apr 2011
Kim and Liquid Capital Management, to pay more than USD12m in restitution and monetary sanctions for commodity pool fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on April 15, 2011, obtained a federal court order imposing more than USD12 million in…
Receiver makes USD792m initial distribution to investors in USD1.3bn Ponzi scam
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), based on an order entered on March 21, 2011, by the US District Court for Southern…
NYSE Euronext board unanimously reaffirms Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange
NYSE Euronext's Board of Directors, consistent with its fiduciary duties and advised by its financial and legal advisors, has unanimously…
Hedge fund launches up 51%, says PerTrac
Single-manager hedge funds recovered in 2010 with assets under management (AUM) increasing 11% over 2009 to USD1.6 trillion and 1,184 new…
25 Apr 2011
“S&P’s U.S. downgrade adds further fuel to a red-hot political debate”, says Skandia Investment Group’s head of asset allocation Rupert Watson
Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded the outlook for US long term debt from stable to negative. They said there was a 1 in 3 chance…
Comment: To rebalance, or not to rebalance? That is the question…
James Skeggs, Head of Research for Newedge, takes a look at the potential benefits and costs of portfolio rebalancing. At the outset of his…
Cayman Finance appoints new chairman
The former Attorney General for the Cayman Islands, Richard Coles (pictured), is the new Chairman of Cayman Finance, the voice of Cayman’s…
