17 Oct 2010
Rising corn prices not likely to cause food crisis comments UCITS commodity fund spokesman
Poor harvests in the US this year are causing some industry commentators to predict a second food crisis and repeat of the one seen in…
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Cayman fund registrations buck global trends
The Cayman Islands are bucking all global trends, according to the increase in new fund formations. The Cayman Islands are bucking all…
Asset Control’s Andrew Wolf promoted to sales director, Americas
Asset Control has promoted Andrew Wolf to the position of sales director, Americas. Asset Control has promoted Andrew Wolf to the position…
State Street launches index to help manage market risk in portfolios
State Street Global Markets has launched its Systemic Risk Index, an index that measures the US equity market’s vulnerability to market…
15 Oct 2010
Hedge funds in search of alpha growth drivers, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings says that despite strong returns in September, hedge funds are still struggling to find solid sources of outperformance. The…
Barclay Hedge Fund Index up 3.63 per cent in September
Hedge funds gained 3.63 per cent in September, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date the index…
14 Oct 2010
Janchor fund gains 21 per cent year-to-date
Back in July, Hedgeweek reported that Hong Kong-based Janchor Partners, founded by John Ho (pictured), had reached the magic USD100 million…
Asian hedgies finally deliver, gaining 7.81 per cent in September
September saw hedge funds post the biggest gains since May 2009, as global equity markets soared on the back of improved investor…
Singapore’s Amoeba Asia Fund to close citing “tough” environmental conditions
2010 is turning out to be survival of the fittest as yet another small Singapore-based hedge fund company, Amoeba Capital Partners
Goldman’s Asia prop. team hire Denby-Jones as COO for imminent hedge fund
In what is possibly the first sign of reaction to the Dodd-Franks Bill, Goldman Sachs’ Asia-based Principal Strategies traders, a 10-man…
Thomas to open Wykeham Capital Asia Value Fund to external investors
Ex-CLSA’s Howel Thomas, who spent nine years at Asia’s leading independent brokerage firm becoming its Head…
Aisa people moves
GreensLedge Capital Markets has formed GreensLedge Asia, Tokyo branch to expand the company business activities in the Asian markets. Iku…
Heptagon Capital adds Arnaud Gandon as chief investment officer
Heptagon Capital, an asset management business, has hired Arnaud Gandon as chief investment officer of the investment management division…
Axis Bank launches infrastructure index
Axis Bank has launched an infrastructure index called Axis Infra Index. The index will interpret capital expenditure in the infrastructure…
Duncan McKay joins IDS Capital as director
IDS Capital (Geneva) has appointed Duncan McKay as a director, responsible for the business development of the firm and for asset-raising…
