05 Feb 2008
Navica Capital Management launches EUR50m placement of Currency Alpha Certificates
Netherlands-based Navica Capital Management has launched a EUR50m private placement of the Navica Currency Alpha Certificates in response…
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Fortis transfers ABN Amro funds from International Asset Management to Cadogan
Sub-investment advisory responsibilities for assets within the ABN Amro Alternative Investments Sicav range, managed by the group's fund of…
Former UBS prime brokerage head joins Conifer as senior partner
Dick Del Bello has joined San Francisco-based Conifer Securities, a provider of business and operations solutions to hedge fund managers,…
04 Feb 2008
The challenge of creating a hedge fund-friendly environment
Over the past few years the Middle East has been increasingly touted as the next big hedge fund centre.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cOver the…
RBC Capital Markets to invest in emerging manager hedge funds
RBC Capital Markets has launched the RBC Emerging Manager Allocator platform, a proprietary pool of capital structured to invest in a…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management launches Global Long/Short Fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Morgan Stanley Global Long/Short Fund, a fund of hedge funds that offers a…
Deutsche Bank acquires California-based administrator HedgeWorks
Deutsche Bank has announced the acquisition of HedgeWorks, a Carlsbad, California-based hedge fund administrator with more than USD10bn in…
Cayman International Financial Holdings spins off Global Fund Exchange
Cayman International Financial Holdings has announced that in recognition of changing business and service delivery models, it has decided…
Baring Asset Management to launch Asia absolute return hedge fund
Baring Asset Management has announced plans to add the Baring Asia Strategic Fund, an equity multistrategy fund managed by the firm's Asian…
Aima steering committee to publish educational guide for investors
The Alternative Investment Management Association has announced that its investor steering committee is to publish what has been billed as…
01 Feb 2008
London offers new hub for global expansion
As PerTrac Financial Solutions continues to grow its client base and expand its suite of product solutions for both the hedge fund manager…
Alternative investment boom stokes demand for analytical tools
The alternative investment sector in the Middle East is growing and attracting increasing attention as a result of a number of…
Citi recruits executive for alternatives business from Carlyle
Citi has recruited Ned Kelly from Carlyle as a senior executive in its alternative investments business, one of three appointments intended…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Private equity experiencing correction of excesses, says Carlyle's Gerstner
Carlyle Group's chairman Louis Gerstner sees the current private equity world beset by a correction, not a crisis.Carlyle Group's chairman…
C.P. Eaton Partners: New opportunities as market excesses unwind
In its 2008 Global Fundraising Outlook, leading alternative investment placement agent C.P.In its 2008 Global Fundraising Outlook, leading…
