15 Jun 2009
Hedge funds up 5.39 per cent in May
The HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average was up 5.39 per cent in May and is up 9.22 per cent for 2009, according to estimates from…
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12 Jun 2009
Hedge funds have record month in May
May was the best month in almost a decade for hedge funds, with the composite Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 5.2 per cent and the industry…
Event driven leads hedge fund strategies in May
Event driven was the strongest of the four hedge fund strategies published by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes in May, gaining 1.32 per cent…
Henry McVey returns to Morgan Stanley
Henry McVey, who previously worked at Morgan Stanley for more than a decade, is returning to the firm as head of global macro and asset…
Green CAT markets to be largest in the world, says CFTC
Green cap and trade markets that are currently trading on a voluntary basis in Chicago and New York could become the largest of all…
GlobeOp appoints Stuart Turnbull as senior adviser
GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed risk management and credit risk model expert Dr. Stuart Turnbull as senior adviser to risk…
BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors for USD13.5bn
BlackRock, Inc is to acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its market-leading ETF platform, iShares, from Barclays PLC for…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index up 2.1 per cent in May
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor's hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe,…
Moonraker funds of hedge funds outperform benchmarks in first year
The Moonraker Commodities Fund's sterling share class delivered 19.3 per cent net of all charges over the year to 1 June 2009, compared…
DB Private Wealth Management adds four senior hires
Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management has added four hires to the firm's US private wealth management group. Deutsche Bank Private Wealth…
11 Jun 2009
Global conditions hit value of Guernsey funds in quarter one
Continuing volatility in the global markets resulted in the value of Guernsey funds falling by GBP24.5bn or 12.2 per cent during the first…
Newedge VTI returns 0.52 per cent in May
The estimated May 2009 return for the Newedge Volatility Trading Index is 0.52 per cent, up from an estimated -0.42 per cent the previous…
Magnum launches Asia arbitrage fund
Magnum has launched a fund that invests in arbitrage and relative value opportunities in Asia, particularly in convertible bonds, capital…
Jefferies adds six to quantitative trading team
Jefferies has added six professionals to its quantitative strategies sales and trading effort, which includes algorithmic trading and other…
Jeffrey Heisler joins Venus Capital Management as chief risk officer
Venus Capital Management, an investment management company specialising in emerging markets investments, has appointed Jeffrey Heisler as…
