04 Mar 2010
Long/short equity hedge funds post positive returns in February
Long/short equity and global macro hedge funds posted positive returns in February, based on Credit Suisse’s LAB Liquid Indices.The LAB…
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Agecroft Partners hires sixth managing director
Hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm Agecroft Partners has hired Tim Savage as its sixth managing director. Savage’s…
Scott J. Nance joins Compass Securities
Scott J. Nance, an institutional investment executive with more than 20 years’ industry experience, has joined Compass Securities as an…
Court issues preliminary injunction against Jay Nolan and Lodge Capital
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a preliminary injunction against Jay C. Nolan of Wilmette, Illinois and his…
Risk appetite returns to US corporate CDS markets
US corporate credit default swap markets, while trading in a broader range, were little changed over the course of February 2010, according…
BlueMountain hires managing director of investor relations and marketing
Asset manager BlueMountain Capital Management has expanded its investor relations and marketing team with the hire of Jennifer Strickland…
PerTrac links applications with Microsoft Excel
PerTrac Financial Solutions has launched a Microsoft Excel add-in that allows users to interact with major PerTrac applications from within…
Mudrick Capital adds head of marketing and investor relations
Mudrick Capital Management, an alternative investment firm that focuses on distressed investing, has appointed Philipp Levy as head of…
Ticonderoga Securities launches risk arbitrage desk
Ticonderoga Securities, an institutional broker dealer, has launched a risk arbitrage desk focusing on mergers and acquisitions, which will…
Eurozone 'will survive the Greek crisis'
The Greek financial crisis will not endanger the eurozone as a whole, a new survey of hedge funds and the financial services sector has…
Hedge Fund Association elects 2010/2011 board of directors
The Hedge Fund Association has elected its 2010/2011 board of directors, president and vice president, and appointed regional directors and…
S&P GSCI recovers 5.56 per cent in February
The S&P GSCI, a commodities index, increased 5.56 per cent in February after falling 7.89 per cent in January. The index was led higher…
Long/short equity fund launches on Merchant’s Ucits platform
Merchant Capital, a Ucits III platform provider to the hedge fund industry, has announced that its first client is now fully operational.…
03 Mar 2010
Hedge funds recoup lost assets and return to 2008 levels
Hennessee Group has estimated that hedge fund industry assets increased by USD751bn in 2009 to USD1.96trn. The jump in assets represents a…
Societe Generale strengthens cash equity franchise in Asia Pacific
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Todd Martin as equity strategist covering the Asia Pacific region, based…
