09 Dec 2008
Market turmoil prompts rise in traded life policies investment
Market turmoil in 2008 has caused a surge of money into funds that invest in traded life policies, a report by Professor Merlin Stone of…
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Mentor Capital "outperforms S&P 500 by 15 per cent"
Mentor Capital says its lead hedge fund has had no redemptions during the financial crises and continues its long-term record of…
08 Dec 2008
Hedge fund industry "to post modest losses in November"
The hedge fund industry is expected to post modest losses in November, which is welcome news after two of the lowest months of performance…
Florida court issues preliminary injunctions against commodity pool operator
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced the issue of preliminary injunctions by the US District Court for the Southern…
Como names head of investor relations and business development
Como Asset Management, an affiliate of Geneva Trading USA, has named Cynthia Williams as director of investor relations and business…
Market turbulence hits UK funds of hedge funds in third quarter, says BNY Mellon
UK pooled funds of hedge funds failed to achieve positive returns during the third quarter of this year, recording a median loss of 9.7 per…
Hedgeweek Comment: Will the bell toll this time for 2-and-20?
Even some of what seem to be the biggest and most solid hedge fund managers in the world are now having to renege on their promised…
HighView Financial Group announces strategic partnership with Fortune Asset Management
London-base fund of hedge funds manager Fortune Asset Management has established a strategic partnership with HighView Financial Group, a…
05 Dec 2008
Augustus Global Rates Fund more than doubles assets in 12 months
Boosted by an annual return of 13.56 per cent over the 12 months to October 31, Augustus Asset Managers' JB Global Rates Hedge Fund has…
Beacon Trust Company acquires Clear Asset Management
Madison, New Jersey-based asset and wealth manager Beacon Trust Company has acquired Clear Asset Management in a transaction that will…
California court freezes assets of commodity trader in anti-fraud action
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a federal court order in California freezing the assets and prohibiting the…
IndexIQ launches hedge fund replication separately managed account portfolios
IndexIQ, a Rye Brook, New York-based developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has launched three new index-based…
Comment: A strategy for the bottom of the market
Manny Weintraub, a former managing director of Neuberger Berman and now founder, principal and portfolio manager at Integre Advisors, says…
KPMG sees new blood reinvigorating hedge fund industry despite shake-out
Next year will see the strong return of value investing, a shake-out in the hedge funds industry that will also see a welcome influx of new…
04 Dec 2008
Trax to provide regulatory reporting for exchange-traded derivatives
Xtrakter, a utility acquired by Euroclear last month from the International Capital Market Association, has announced that its Trax trade…
