16 Oct 2008
Morningstar 1000 hedge fund index falls 7.8 per cent in September
Last month hedge funds reported the worst losses since the Morningstar Hedge Fund Index was launched in January 2003, with a decline of…
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Hedgeweek Comment: The Italian job
Suggestions from Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti that Italy could push for the abolition of hedge funds has the industry…
15 Oct 2008
MFA and Aima rebut Italian minister's call for abolition of hedge funds
International hedge fund industry bodies, the Managed Funds Association and Alternative Investment Management Association, have reacted…
Hedgeweek Comment: The new investors
With massive redemptions sweeping the hedge fund industry and vast changes occurring across the industry, it is highly probable that many…
Valens Capital Management opens Tokyo office to service Asian investor base
New York-based alternative asset manager Valens Capital Management, which invests primarily in publicly traded and private micro-cap…
MyFundFinder launches online community to connect hedge funds with investors
BarclayHedge and Global Fund Technologies have launched MyFundFinder.com, a capital introduction platform designed to match up hedge fund…
Structured credit hedge funds see smaller declines in August
Both gross and net monthly returns were negative in August for the Palomar Structured Credit Hedge Fund Index compiled and calculated by…
Up to 1,000 hedge funds could close in aftermath of market turmoil, says Tabb report
In the future, investment banking will be more tightly regulated and dominated by risk-averse commercial banks, while new firms that are…
C.P. Eaton Partners expands European team with three London hires
Alternative investment placement firm C.P. Eaton Partners has appointed Franklyn D. Chang, who has already been working for the firm in…
14 Oct 2008
Hedgeweek Comment: Bargain-hunting among the hedge funds
Recent falls in the value of stock market-listed hedge funds and an increase in investors anxious to exit the sector in order to raise cash…
Managed futures keep inching upward with 0.68 per cent September gain, says BarclayHedge
Managed futures posted a modest gain of 0.68 per cent in September, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based…
Comment: Banks are turning Japanese, I really think so
Resolution Asset Management investment manager Stuart Thomson says the UK bailout blueprint for the financial sector that been adopted by…
Eurex Clearing presents central clearing solution for credit derivatives
Eurex Clearing has presented a central clearing solution for credit derivatives at the invitation of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York,…
Marshall Wace listed fund offers investors opportunity to exit at NAV
MW Tops, the Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended fund of hedge funds that epitomised the boom in listed hedge fund products when it raised…
Ten more managers sign up to Hedge Fund Standards Board practices
The Hedge Fund Standards Board has signed up 10 more hedge fund managers to its standards of best practice and says that including the…
