07 Aug 2008

Hedge fund strategies' performance fails to revive in July, says Dow Jones

With five of the six hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes posting net of fees losses in July and the only…

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07 Aug 2008

Move to Xetra positive so far for Scoach, says Deutsche Börse

Certificate trading on European structured products market Scoach via the technology of Deutsche Börse's Xetra pan-European electronic…

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07 Aug 2008

Hedgeweek Comment: Hedge funds help Blackstone offset earnings decline

Hedge funds seem to have been less affected by the credit crunch than most, and a quick analysis of Blackstone Group's latest results adds…

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07 Aug 2008

Tremont appoints Scott Metchick as chief investment officer

Fund of hedge funds manager Tremont Capital Management has appointed as chief investment officer Scott R.Fund of hedge funds manager…

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06 Aug 2008

Hedgeweek Comment: Global needs drive fund services consolidation trend

Two Bermuda-based fund administrators, Fulcrum Group and Butterfield Fund Services, have announced plans to merge their businesses under…

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05 Aug 2008

Hedge fund platform Harbour Capital becomes first in Europe to offer Sophis technology

Harbour Capital Partners, a London-based hedge fund platform, has teamed up with Sophis, a provider of portfolio and risk management…

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05 Aug 2008

GAM launches Multi-Environmental funds of funds for public investment

London-based multi-manager specialist GAM has announced that GAM Multi-Environmental, which invests in the growing sector of funds focusing…

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05 Aug 2008

TriAlpha makes Global Property Strategy Fund available on Transact

TriAlpha, the asset management arm of the Stonehage Group, has announced that its recently-launched property fund of hedge funds, the…

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05 Aug 2008

3i merges fund administrator Fulcrum with Bermuda neighbour Butterfield Fund Services

Private equity firm 3i, owner of hedge fund administrator Fulcrum Group, has announced the signing of an agreement for the Bermuda-based…

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05 Aug 2008

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…

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05 Aug 2008

SIFs confirm Luxembourg's role as alternative fund domicile

Already the world's second-ranking financial centre behind only the US for the domicile and servicing of investment funds, with some 11,800…

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05 Aug 2008

Taking the advantage in troubled times, by Claude Noesen, Director Sales & Relationship Management, Prime Fund Solutions, Fortis

Within the last 12 months, the financial world had to weather a storm that is unprecedented in history.Within the last 12 months, the…

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05 Aug 2008

SIF: Booming onshore, regulated fund for alternative strategies, by Pierre de Backer, Transaction Manager, Equity Fund Services

With nearly EUR2trn in assets under administration in investment funds, Luxembourg has long attracted investors worldwide in traditional…

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05 Aug 2008

Legislator adds to flexibility in hedge fund structuring, by Rémi Chevalier and Olivier Sciales, partners with the law firm of Chevalier & Sciales

Solidly established as a global leader in the investment funds world, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has recently been seeing an increasing…

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05 Aug 2008

Hedgeweek Comment: Could hedge funds stay on the road with Daimler?

Last weekend German news magazine Focus reported that Daimler, the maker of Mercedes Benz cars, could be the target of a hedge fund bid…

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