21 Oct 2010
Estlander & Partners launches Ucits III fund
Estlander & Partners has launched the Ucits III compliant Estlander & Partners Freedom Fund UI. The German domiciled fund is a…
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Connor, Clark & Lunn makes market neutral strategy available to investors
Asset management firm Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group has made the CC&L Small Cap Market Neutral strategy available to…
FrontPoint restructures relationship with Morgan Stanley
FrontPoint Partners, which was acquired in 2006 by Morgan Stanley, has restructured its relationship with Morgan Stanley whereby its…
Jaime Castán joins LGT Capital Partners’ hedge fund business
LGT Capital Partners has appointed Jaime Castán, formerly of Man Investments, to the executive team of its hedge fund business.Castán has…
20 Oct 2010
Castle Alternative Invest completes second line share buyback programme
Castle Alternative Invest, a fund of hedge funds investment company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and London Stock Exchange, has…
Considerable progress made on AIFM Directive, says Aima
The Alternative Investment Management Association says there has been considerable progress on the content of the Alternative Investment…
Fidessa appoints vice president of marketing for the Americas
Fidessa group, a provider of trading systems, market data and connectivity to buy-sides and sell-sides, has appointed Dorothy Friedman as…
Continuous growth for Ucits hedge funds in quarter three
Ucits hedge funds ended the third quarter with a progression of 1.09 per cent in light of the strong rebound of the equity market,…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 3.43 per cent in September
Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index is confirmed up 3.43 per cent in September and 5.98 per cent…
Chinese banks entering partnerships with private equity firms
China's commercial banks are entering the emerging sectors via partnerships with private equity institutions. This August, Beijing-based…
Investor inflows drive USD120bn increase in hedge fund assets
Hedge funds recorded the largest quarterly asset jump in over three years, with total industry capital increasing by USD120bn in quarter…
Gottex fee earning assets increase by 6.9 per cent
Gottex Fund Management, an alternative asset management group, has reported an increase in total fee earning assets of 6.9 per cent to…
Eurex offers mobile training for trader exam
Derivatives exchange Eurex has launched a mobile training application called M-Learning to help users prepare for the Eurex Trading…
Guernsey fairly resilient despite adverse market conditions
Guernsey’s fund servicing industry fell by less than four per cent to reach USD278.7bn (GBP186.3bn) at the end of June 2010, with the total…
Orix USA to acquire interest in Mariner Investment Group
Orix USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in MIG Holdings, the parent company of Mariner Investment…
