17 Aug 2010
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.59 per cent
Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 1.59 per cent in July and 2.22 per cent…
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Isabelle Tykoczinski joins Kinetic Partners
Isabelle Tykoczinski has been appointed a member at Kinetic Partners and will be joining the London risk team to strengthen and develop the…
16 Aug 2010
Bestone Asset Management launches China Opportunities Fund
Bestone Asset Management has launched the Bestone China Opportunities Fund. The fund invests exclusively in Chinese companies which have…
Lipper calls for clearer disclosure of fund performance fees
Lipper has identified 81 open-ended funds in the UK with performance fees in place, a rise of 138 per cent from the 34 funds identified at…
RBC Hedge 250 Index up 0.90 per cent in July
The RBC Hedge 250 Index rose by 0.90 per cent in July 2010, bringing the year-to-date return of the index to 0.25 per cent. These returns…
CFTC and SEC issue notice on mixed swaps regulations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have published a notice requesting public comment on…
Fried Frank names Lisa Schneider partner
Law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has elected Lisa Schneider to the firm's partnership, effective 1 September 2010.…
Iosco publishes principles for direct electronic access to markets
The technical committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions has published principles designed to guide…
Vam Funds appoints business development manager for Asia
Vam Funds, an investment boutique, has appointed Linda McLaren as business development manager for Asia.McLaren joins Vam Funds from…
15 Aug 2010
Firms to adopt unified market-data platform, says Tabb
The global financial markets are on the cusp of a new age of interconnectedness, an era when delivery of the right data to the right people…
Convergex launches Stock Loan Program
Convergex Group has launched a Stock Loan Program, a service that gives hedge funds and other clients access to the securities they need to…
Asian investors see the advantage of UCITS says Salus Alpha CEO, Prock
Swiss-based Salus Alpha Group, the vanguard of Ucits fund development since it was established in 2001, is attracting institutional…
80% of FoHF managers considering UCITS wrapper says KDK Asset Management
A survey by London-based KDK Asset Management has found that the vast majority of FoHF managers are heading down the Ucits road, despite…
JPMorgan launches Ucits multi-strategy absolute return hedge fund
US banking giant J.P.Morgan has rolled out a new multi-strategy newcits fund, following its soft launch last…
Reech AIM to slide out first-in-class Ucits Glacier Fund
Luxembourg-based Reech AIM is set to slide out a first-in-class newcits real estate fund, the Glacier fund, on the back…
