12 Mar 2009
Artradis Fund Management names James Sweeney as chief operating officer
Singapore-based alternative asset manager Artradis Fund Management has announced the appointment of James Sweeney as a managing director…
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Pacific Alliance and Secured Capital Japan unveil investment and partnership
Asian alternative investment manager Pacific Alliance Group has agreed to invest up to JPY4.5bn (USD46m) in convertible bonds issued by…
Comment: Citadel ready to rise again
Citadel Investment Group, whose two biggest funds fell by some 55 per cent in 2008, is ready to return to investors after starting the new…
Global Investment House approves new organisational structure
Kuwait-based investment manager and brokerage firm Global Investment House has announced the new organisation structure that was approved…
Del Mar Asset Management to launch liquid Index Opportunities Fund
Del Mar Asset Management has announced plans to launch the Index Opportunities Fund, a carve-out of a strategy that is currently part of…
11 Mar 2009
GlobalView Investments adopts Advent Portfolio Exchange
Advent Software, a provider of software and services to the global investment management industry, has announced that Swiss-based wealth…
First hedge fund ETF and Russell 2000 Index fund launched on XTF
Deutsche Börse has expanded its XTF segment offering for exchange listed index funds with the admission to trading of two new ETFs on the…
Institutional investors and IFAs "plan increased exposure to traded life policies"
More than three-quarters of institutional and IFA investors in traded life policies will be increasing their exposure to the asset class…
Anderson Kill & Olick files class action against Westgate Capital Management
New York law firm Anderson Kill & Olick has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals and entities that invested with the…
Alternatives drive USD4.2bn in new UK mandates for JP Morgan Asset Management
JP Morgan Asset Management has announced that during 2008 its UK institutional business received over USD4.2bn in new assets. JP Morgan…
Counterparty changes in new cat bonds a credit positive, says Fitch
Qualified investment guidelines and swap counterparty structures contained in recent catastrophe bond transactions are positive changes…
Comment: Could the Middle East be private equity's new playground?
The days of highly-leveraged private equity megadeals belong in the past and those that are still getting off the ground tend to be fairly…
Foreign land and property investment free outsourced deal flow - client pays full due diligence pack
International property developers are using the London-based International Development Registry (IDR) to reinforce their property and land…
Investment managers "lack sufficient knowledge to manage risk optimally"
Current practice in the investment industry fails to draw on widely-published and freely-available techniques in portfolio management…
10 Mar 2009
Economy "will put greater value on large, stable hedge funds"
The uncertain economic climate will place a greater value on larger, more stable hedge funds in 2009, according to the hedge fund group at…
