22 May 2009
Ralph Schlosstein joins Evercore Partners as president and chief executive
Ralph Schlosstein has joined Evercore as president and chief executive officer. Ralph Schlosstein has joined Evercore as president and…
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Duet Group launches multi-strategy hedge fund in the Mena region
Duet Group, a global financial group specialising in alternative asset management, has launched what it says is the first Mena…
A helping hand for investment company directors
Directors of investment companies face a myriad of issues across a diverse range of areas. Keeping abreast of developments is challenging…
Comment: Does Ucits already do the trick?
Last month the European Commission rolled out its draft Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which is designed to bring order…
Northern Trust launches gating impact assessment service
Northern Trust has introduced a feature that enables fund of hedge fund managers to assess the impact of gates on their liquidity in real…
21 May 2009
Hedge fund industry sees USD15bn of gross inflows in April
The hedge fund industry saw gross inflows of USD15bn in April, up from USD12bn and USD4bn in March and February respectively, according to…
Kenneth Branch and Cocoon Trade fined USD1.5m in fraud action
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has entered orders against Kenneth L.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cThe US Commodity Futures…
Proxy firm recommends change to board at Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Proxy voting advisory firm Egan Jones Proxy Services has recommended that shareholders of Amylin Pharmaceuticals vote on Eastbourne Capital…
RBC Hedge 250 Index returns 2.37 per cent in April
The RBC Hedge 250 Index had an estimated net return of 2.37 per cent in April, bringing the year-to-date return to 2.60 per cent. The RBC…
CII applauds SEC for championing proxy access
The Council of Institutional Investors has applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission for proposing ways to make it easier for…
Morningstar Hedge Fund Index up 3.4 per cent in April
The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index rose 3.4 per cent in April-the largest one month-return since January 2006-bringing hedge fund…
Butterfield Fulcrum opens Chicago office
Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent administrator for the alternative investment industry, has opened a Chicago office to focus on client…
Equity long leads Australian hedge fund performance
For the second month in a row the best performing strategies and funds in the Australian Fund Monitors index were some of the worst…
Julius Baer fund returns 18.19 per cent in five years since launch
Since its launch on 30 April 2004, the Julius Baer Absolute Return Bond Fund has returned +18.19 per cent, outperforming three-month…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index down -0.45 per cent in April
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor's hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe,…
