19 Nov 2008
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index performance down 6.3 per cent
Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down 6.3 per cent in October, according to Oliver Schupp, president of…
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18 Nov 2008
Triple A Partners to invest in Enhanced Investment Products
Triple A Partners and Asia Alternative Asset Partners (Caymans) have announced that they are to invest into Enhanced Investment Products,…
Connexion Capital appoints Mark Mortimer to London team
Connexion Capital, the alternative investment advisory firm, has announced the addition of Mark Mortimer to its London-based team.…
AIS Fund Administration expands European sales force
AIS Fund Administration, a global hedge fund administrator and provider of outsourced middle and back office functions, has hired Dominic…
Palatine Asset Management launches media debt fund
Palatine Asset Management of Newport Beach has announced the launch of a media debt fund, Capitoline Global Media Fund, which it expects to…
European Fund Administration acquires Italian fund services company
Luxembourg-based European Fund Administration has acquired a 34% stake in the Italian fund services provider Servizi and will become the…
First State attracts USD130 to FS Media Works Fund
First State Investments has announced over USD130m of new investments into its FS Media Works Fund I, bringing the fund to an initial…
Hedgeweek Comment: The re-emergence of private equity?
Not much more than a year ago, private equity players dominated the front pages, until the credit crunch began and the leverage fuelling…
GlobeOp Dublin strengthens hedge fund administration services
GlobeOp Financial Services is strengthening its European-domiciled hedge fund administration services following the licensing of its Dublin…
Pharos obtains licence to launch Dubai office
Pharos Financial Advisors, part of specialist emerging markets fund manager Pharos Financial Group, has been granted a license by the Dubai…
17 Nov 2008
President's Working Group to strengthen infrastructure for OTC derivatives
The President's Working Group on Financial Markets has announced a series of initiatives to strengthen oversight and the infrastructure of…
Horizon attracts USD600m in new assets in third quarter
Horizon Cash Management, a cash manager for alternative investment funds, has announced that the firm has captured more than USD600m in new…
UK hedge funds "uncommitted to best practice standards", says Kinetic
Most UK-based hedge funds support the industry's best practice standards but remain uncommitted to signing up to them, according to a…
Bramdean Asset Management launches music-for-film fund
Bramdean Asset Management, a London-based alternative investment manager, and Cutting Edge Music Holdings, a provider of music to the film…
Corazon Capital opens Geneva office
Corazon Capital has launched a Geneva business to offer discretionary portfolio management to investors and their advisers in the region…