04 Oct 2010
AllianceBernstein acquires alternative investments group from SunAmerica
AllianceBernstein has acquired SunAmerica's alternative investments group, a team that manages a portfolio of hedge fund and private equity…
More
LaCrosse acquires BofA Merrill Lynch’s fund administration business
LaCrosse Global Fund Services has completed its acquisition of the alternative fund administration business of Bank of America Merrill…
Mason Hayes+Curran strengthens investments funds team
Irish law firm Mason Hayes+Curran has appointed Mark Browne as a partner in its investment funds department.Browne has over ten years’…
03 Oct 2010
Pictet to target “mass consumption” sectors with China-focused L/S equity UCITS
Geneva-based Pictet Funds, the fund management arm of Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie, has announced plans to launch a new UCITS fund…
Park Place Capital to launch UCITS using hedge fund fee structure
London headquartered investment advisor, Park Place Capital Ltd., is to roll out a UCITS PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cLondon headquartered…
Man brings award-winning equity team onshore to manage UCITS FoF
UK hedge fund giant, Man Group, has announced the launch of its latest UCITS III offering; the Man Long/Short…
Stigma Partners launches global macro Ucits III fund
Geneva-based Stigma Partners, the boutique independent asset manager with CHF1.5 billion in AUM, is to launch a new UCITS on 1…
Belaisch joins House to co-manage Threadneedle macro Ucits
London-based Threadneedle has decided to launch the Absolute Emerging Market Macro Fund for its head of emerging market debt, Richard House…
Greenwich investable indices gain despite bearish equity markets
The Greenwich Composite Investable Index gained 0.29 per cent in August in tumultuous market conditions, with returns from arbitrage and…
100 Women in Hedge Funds raises nearly GBP500,000 for Centrepoint
100 Women in Hedge Funds, a non-profit organisation for professionals in the alternatives industry, has raised nearly GBP500,000 at its…
CFTC charges Integra Capital Management with USD3m Ponzi scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained an emergency federal court order freezing the assets of defendants Rodney W.…
Regulation is the key to growth prospects
Football frenzy gripped South Africa in the months of June and July but the real flurry lies in the aftermath of the World…
Africa – The New Frontier
Africa is the new frontier for hedge fund investors. The only developed market is that of South Africa and by international terms it is…
Market growth boosts demand for software tools
The growth of the South African hedge fund industry in recent years and the overall development of the country’s institutional investment…
Breaking out of the domino effect
The hedge fund industry in South Africa is at the crossroads.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cThe hedge fund industry in South Africa is at the…
