28 Jan 2009
SVM to launch Absolute Return Fund to address market uncertainty
Edinburgh-based independent fund management group SVM Asset Management believes that the 2009 stock market environment could continue to…
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UK "offers greatest European distressed debt market opportunities in 2009"
More than a quarter of the hedge fund managers, long-only investors and prop desk traders interviewed for Debtwire's annual distressed debt…
Santander offers compensation to individual investors for Madoff losses
Spain's Santander Group has decided to offer compensation to its private banking clients who were invested in the Optimal Strategic US…
Interactive Data offers Dubai market data via PlusFeed
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, has announced that its real-time…
Quadriserv and Eurex Clearing to offer central counterparty services
Quadriserv, a North American provider of securities lending services, and European clearing house Eurex Clearing have announced they are…
Revere Capital Advisors announces two senior appointments
Revere Capital Advisors has announced the appointment of Giles McClelland as head of hedge fund development and Andrew Godfrey as head of…
Hedge fund managers tell UK parliamentarians industry is not to blame
Leading members of the hedge fund industry have seized the opportunity to tell UK members of parliament that their industry is not to blame…
Comment: Time for an end to hedge fund scapegoating
A hearing with UK members of parliament yesterday gave hedge fund managers and industry representatives the opportunity to reiterate the…
CogentMarkets to offer alternative to secondary market trading of hedge funds
Fairfield, Connecticut-based Cogent Investment Strategies has announced the launch of CogentMarkets, a web-based platform created to…
27 Jan 2009
Taylor Fund posts 11 per cent increase for December and fourth quarter of 2008
Chicago-based Taylor Asset Management has announced that the multistrategy Taylor Fund, launched in October, achieved an 11.13 per cent…
Liontrust European Long/Short Fund gains UK distributor status
Liontrust has gained distributor status in the UK for the Liontrust European Long/Short Fund.Liontrust has gained distributor status in the…
Fidessa group expands in Middle East with Bahrain office
Fidessa group, provider of the Fidessa and Fidessa LatentZero trading, compliance and global connectivity solutions for the sell-side and…
SW1 Capital invests in PCE Investors
Private investment firm SW1 Capital has taken a stake in PCE Investors, an alternative investment manager with more than USD1.5bn in…
Areca Investment Management launches fixed income and credit fund of hedge funds
Areca Investment Management has launched the Areca Value Discovery Fund, a specialised fund of hedge funds dedicated to capture investment…
BlueBay Asset Management sees assets slip 18 per cent in final quarter
BlueBay Asset Management says that at 31 December 2008 its estimated assets under management amounted to USD16.7bn - a decrease of 18.4 per…
