01 Nov 2007
Barclays Capital announces note linked to fund of hedge funds
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has announced plans to launch a note linked to the US Opportunities…
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Sands Brothers launches Genesis Merchant Partners
Sands Brothers Asset Management has launched Genesis Merchant Partners, a fund that makes asset-backed and secured loans in unfashionable…
Crédit Agricole offers online access to hedge fund database
As part of its ongoing strategy to develop products in alternative investments, Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management has announced…
31 Oct 2007
Dexion Capital launches JC Clark Focused Opportunities Offshore fund
Dexion Capital and JC Clark have announced the opening of the JC Clark Focused Opportunities Offshore fund, which seeks absolute returns…
SEI passes USD100bn in alternative assets under administration
Oaks, Pennsylvania-based SEI has passed the USD100bn mark in alternative investment assets under administration, bringing worldwide total…
Bridge Asset Management moves operations to Isle of Man
The Isle of Man has succeeded in attracting Bridge Asset Management, a specialist in emerging markets, to establish operations on the…
Fund manager diversification will hit returns in the future, says report
Forty per cent of fund managers worldwide have diversified into long-only funds and 30 per cent into alternatives over the last three…
Pictet launches low-risk absolute return fund
Backed by the strong track record of the EUR2bn PF (Lux) Absolute Return Global Diversified Fund, Pictet Funds has announced the launch of…
WM/Reuters gives spot foreign exchange rates 24-hour availability
WM/Reuters, an independent provider of foreign exchange rates, has expanded its Intraday Spots product to include the Asia-Pacific region,…
30 Oct 2007
Isle of Man approves orders to complete the launch of new fund regime
The Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission has announced that Tynwald, the island's parliament, has approved the legislative orders…
Absolute Capital fund restructuring wins investor backing
Absolute Capital Management has won mostly comfortable majorities in support of its restructuring plans for four funds whose exposure to…
Record growth for Jersey fund industry, says Lipper
Jersey's fund servicing industry has grown to USD225.9bn (GBP112.5bn) in 1,367 funds and sub-funds at the end of June, an increase of…
UBS acquires France's Caisse Centrale de Réescompte
UBS has announced that it is to acquire the Caisse Centrale de Réescompte group, a French asset and wealth manager with EUR17bn in invested…
BDO Stoy Hayward's Fitzwilliam Growth Fund ranked top among funds of hedge funds
Fitzwilliam Growth Fund, a fund of hedge funds provided by UK specialist wealth adviser BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management, has been…
29 Oct 2007
Absolute Capital announces reopening of Absolute Germany Fund
With the result of October 27 shareholder votes on restructuring plans for four of its funds looming, Absolute Capital Management has…
