19 Mar 2009
Armajaro appoints Michel Danechi to manage emerging markets hedge fund
Armajaro Asset Management has appointed Michel Danechi to manage a new emerging markets hedge fund to be launched in the first half of…
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Comment: Aquiline Capital sees value in fund administration
New York-based private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has made an investment in HedgeServ, a hedge fund administration company…
Aquiline Capital Partners invests in HedgeServ Holdings
Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, has made an investment in HedgeServ…
18 Mar 2009
Aima and CBI react to Turner Review
Lord Turner has published his review of financial regulation, stating that regulators and central banks need to gather better…
Butterfield Fulcrum expands European sales team
Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent administrator for the alternative investment industry, has announced the appointment of William…
Corazon Capital launches Managed Income Service
Corazon Capital, the Channel Islands and Geneva based independent investment manager, has announced the launch of the Managed Income…
Record number of hedge funds liquidated in 2008
Hedge fund industry consolidation continued through the end of 2008, with a record number of hedge funds liquidating in the fourth quarter,…
BlueMountain Capital Management launches long-only corporate loan fund
BlueMountain Capital Management has launched the Blue Mountain Corporate Loan Fund which began trading on 16 March 2009. BlueMountain…
LME steel billet contracts gain momentum
Turnover since the launch of the London Metal Exchange's billet contracts in February 2008 now totals 1.3 million tonnes, or USD679m, with…
Hedge funds down 1.42 per cent in February
Hedge funds lost 1.42 per cent in February according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is now down 1.56…
Advent Software expands client base in the Middle East
Advent Software, a provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, has announced that the total number of…
Silver poised to outperform gold
The Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors, believes silver is currently under-priced relative to gold and is therefore…
Comment: EU hedge fund law due in April
Hedge fund managers will be waiting on tenterhooks next month to see what kind of regulations the European Union will propose to impose on…
17 Mar 2009
SmartPool appoints Lee Hodgkinson as chief executive
SmartPool, the European exchange-led dark pool for block trading set up by NYSE Euronext, BNP Paribas, HSBC and JP Morgan, has appointed…
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index down 0.88 per cent in February
Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down 0.88 per cent in February, according to Oliver Schupp, president…
