11 Jun 2009
Prisma Capital Partners appoints six staff
Prisma Capital Partners has appointed six staff, including three senior members, in the areas of portfolio management, operational due…
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Gartmore appoints Matt Pumo as business development director
Gartmore is to appoint Matt Pumo to the role of business development director, responsible for its UK institutional business. Gartmore is…
mCapital fund receives SFC go-ahead
The European and Asian Special Situations Fund, the first fund from mCapital, has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and…
Cardano hires hedge fund specialists
Cardano has appointed Adelaide de Casson and Darran Specter to its London-based investment management team. Cardano has appointed Adelaide…
Richard Tomlinson launches Tomlinson Investment Consulting
Richard Tomlinson, former head of multi-strategy products at Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK), has launched advisory boutique Tomlinson…
10 Jun 2009
Pure Capital launches Pure Protection Fund
Pure Capital, a New Zealand-based quant manager, has launched the Pure Protection Fund. Pure Capital, a New Zealand-based quant manager,…
Blue Sky reassures investors after Keydata collapse
Blue Sky Asset Management, a structured investment specialist, is offering clarification and reassurance to investors and advisers…
Liontrust appoints chairman and head of institutional clients
Liontrust Asset Management has appointed Adrian Collins as non-executive director and deputy chairman, and Ian Lewis for a new role as head…
Record number of financiers vying to fight at hedge fund boxing event
Twenty eight volunteers are undergoing intensive training to see who will get to fight at the Hedge Fund Fight Nite in Hong Kong. Twenty…
CFTC charges investment firms in USD85m forex Ponzi scam
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged SNC Asset Management, SNC Investments, chief executive officer Peter Son, and chief…
Jubilee Financial Products expresses interest to acquire Keydata
Investment boutique Jubilee Financial Products has approached PricewaterhouseCoopers, administrators for the now insolvent Keydata…
GAM launches leveraged class of Trading II fund
Investment management firm GAM has launched GAM Trading II - GBP 1.25XL, a leveraged class of its Trading II fund. Investment management…
Deutsche Bank launches two funds
Deutsche Bank has launched two funds for investors - the S&P X-Alpha fund and the Zins Strategie Fund (2014).Deutsche Bank has launched…
Australian hedge funds return over three per cent in May
Early results from Australia's absolute return and hedge funds are pointing to returns of over three per cent for May, according to…
09 Jun 2009
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up + 2.16 per cent in May
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +2.16 per cent in May, taking year-to-date performance up +2.13 per cent as of 29 May. The Lyxor Hedge…
