06 Mar 2011
Horizon names Jill King as partner
Horizon Cash Management has named Jill King as a partner. King, who also holds the titles senior vice president and senior portfolio…
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New hedge fund launches accelerate in 2010 as liquidations, incentive fees decline
New hedge fund launches continued at a steady pace through the end of 2010, as new fund offerings outpaced fund liquidations for the first…
Threadneedle launches new fund dedicated to smaller European companies
Threadneedle is to launch the Threadneedle (Lux) European Smaller Companies Absolute Alpha Fund. The UCITS III fund will give manager…
Northern Trust wins USD3.5bn mandate from Stenham Asset Management
Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) has been appointed by Stenham Asset Management, a leading global fund of hedge funds manager with USD3.5…
Ignis launches Absolute Return Government Bond Fund
Ignis Asset Management is to launch the Ignis Absolute Return Government Bond Fund at the end of March. The fund will target net returns of…
04 Mar 2011
Jeffrey Shalhoub and Jeff Shalhoub Investments to pay more than USD700,000 over commodity futures Ponzi scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained more than USD700,000 in restitution and civil monetary penalties in a…
03 Mar 2011
Morgan Sze picks trio of prime brokers for highly anticipated Azentus Capital fund
As anticipation builds in response to one of Asia’s largest ever launches, ex-Goldman’s trader Morgan Sze has chosen the three prime…
Highbridge’s Asia Head, Huttenlocher departing to start own fund
The head of Highbridge Capital Management’s Asia investments, Carl Huttenlocher, has told colleagues that he is leaving the firm to start…
FRM launches Fund of CTAs, attracts AUD25million
Financial Risk Management, one of the world’s biggest hedge fund research and investment specialists, has launched…
Singapore’s Akshayam Asia Fund profits from active shorting
An article published in AsianInvestor this week has shone a light on the active equity long/short trading strategy of the USD30million…
Second Hedgeweek awards recognise leaders of recovery
The second edition of the Hedgeweek Awards for excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers has recognised the increased…
NAV per share of BHCC USD shares appreciated by an estimated 1.79% in January
BH Credit Catalysts recently published their January 2011 performance results, showing the net asset value per US share stood at USD10.08…
Harcourt's assets under management hit USD4.8bn in 2010
Swiss-based alternative investments solutions provider Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, saw assets under management (AuM) reach USD48bn…
Mizuho to acquire 95% stake in Eurekahedge Pte Ltd
Mizuho Corporate Bank is to acquire 95% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares, on a fully-diluted basis, of hedge fund research…
Eurex records average daily volume of 10.3 million contracts in February
The international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10.3 million contracts in February.Of those, 7.1…
