16 Apr 2008
Hedgeweek Comment: Are hedge funds too reliant on stars?
The negotiations between GLG Partners and star manager Greg Coffey serve to illustrate an old adage often cited by institutional investors…
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MVP Fund Of Funds appoints DB HedgeWorks as fund administrator
Tahoe City, California-based MVP Asset Management has appointed DB HedgeWorks Fund Services, which was acquired by Deutsche Bank in…
SEI to provide fund operations outsourcing for Silver Creek Capital Management
SEI has been selected by fund of hedge funds manager Silver Creek Capital Management to provide operations outsourcing services for its…
Hedgeweek Comment: North-South balance in Ireland
Irish Finance Minister Brian Cowen and Peter Robinson, deputy leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, who holds the finance…
Aima and MFA welcome President's Working Group reports on hedge fund best practice
The Alternative Investment Management Association and the Managed Funds Association have welcomed the best practices reports released by…
15 Apr 2008
President's Working Group committees set out best practice for hedge funds and investors
Two private-sector committees established by the President's Working Group on Financial Markets have issued separate but complementary sets…
LRG Capital launches multistrategy convertibles fund with Admiral Capital
LRG Capital Group, an investment, banking and advisory boutique, has established a strategic partnership with Greenwich, Connecticut-based…
Structured Portfolio Management aims to capitalise on mortgage prepayment slowdown
Stamford, Connecticut-based Structured Portfolio Management has announced the launch of a hedge fund designed to take advantage of…
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Sub-prime woes pose questions for managers
To date some 287 federal cases related to the sub-prime crisis have been filed by unhappy investors in the…
Yen share class launched for Stenham Multi-Strategy Fund
Stenham Asset Management has announced the launch of a Japanese yen share class in its Stenham Multi-Strategy Fund, complementing the…
Only short-bias hedge funds positive in March as Hennessee index falls 2.02 per cent
Hedge funds struggled to cope with extreme volatility in March and short bias was the only strategy in positive territory for the month as…
Morningstar launches Direct Alternative Investment Edition
Investment research provider Morningstar has launched Morningstar Direct Alternative Investment Edition, a multicurrency institutional…
Massena Advisors to distribute Vermont Asset Finance Fund in German-speaking Europe
Massena Advisors, which has offices in Geneva and Luxembourg, has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute the Vermont Asset Finance…
Hedgeweek Comment: Ucits IV delay may be justified
Reports that the Ucits IV project might be delayed or scrapped altogether should hardly come as a surprise to those following the financial…
