27 Aug 2008
JSM Indochina appoints company Secretary
JSM Indochina Ltd, the Vietnam and Cambodia focused retail and residential investment and development company, has appointed Chau Ta as…
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26 Aug 2008
Deutsche Bank to offer access to Saudi Arabian market via swaps
Deutsche Bank says that it is ready to commence offering its international clients access to Saudi Arabia's stock exchange, the largest…
New opportunities for administrators as appeal of regulated funds grows
With the global financial markets remaining fragile, it is still unclear to what extent the secondary effects of the credit crunch will…
Hedge funds' power play yields dividends
The ongoing market volatility has copper-fastened the hedge funds' outlook towards power and energy stocks, which seems to be in the…
State Street launches OTC derivatives servicing platform
State Street Corporation has launched of an over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives servicing platform called the OTC…
ETF's continue to impress
In the first half of 2008 the Deborah Fuhr and Shane Kelly report takes note of some astounding differences in the use of European…
25 Aug 2008
Regulatory paranoia means hedge fund claustrophobia
Wasn't it Elvis Presley who sang, "We can't go on together with suspicious minds?" Perhaps management at the US Securities and Exchange…
Indicus Advisors sells stake to Cinven
Global law firm White Case LLP has advised Indicus Advisors, an alternative investment manager focusing on European leveraged finance and…
22 Aug 2008
Martin Asset Management to offer hedge fund replication strategy through ETFs
Tarzana, California-based alternative investment boutique Martin Asset Management has launched investment strategies based on…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Investors stuck with plummeting SRM fund
Strategic Risk Management, the Monaco-based hedge fund manager headed by Jon Wood that spun out of UBS two years ago, has reportedly seen…
Apollo Real Estate Advisors boosts capital for US debt fund
Apollo Real Estate Advisors has raised additional capital for its debt investment fund, Apollo Real Estate Finance, boosting the overall…
Hedgeweek Commentary: Behind the hedge fund news - 22.08.08
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, they say, and that's certainly the case for hedge fund manages.It's an ill wind that blows…
21 Aug 2008
DLA Piper names Australian Luke Gannon to launch transactional funds practice in Asia
DLA Piper has appointed Australian corporate and financial services lawyer Luke Gannon as a partner in its corporate group and head of the…
Hedgeweek Comment: Private equity and hedge funds could make beeline for BAA
The UK's biggest airport operator BAA may have to sell three of its seven airports in its home market (it also owns the airport at Naples…
20 Aug 2008
Hedge fund manager ordered to pay USD280m to defrauded investors
Hedge fund manager Paul Eustace of Ontario, Canada, has been ordered to pay more than USD279m in restitution and a USD12m civil penalty…
