24 Oct 2007
Hedge Connection sees investor success for members
Hedge Connection, an internet-based research and networking platform for hedge funds and qualified investors, has provided an update on the…
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23 Oct 2007
Promotional feature - Do you have illiquid securities in your portfoilio?
Managers with illiquid or hard-to-value fixed income securities in their portfolios can now use independent evaluations from Standard &…
New hedge fund classifications would boost confidence, says Bank of New York Mellon
The convergence between hedge fund and equity market returns, combined with inconsistencies in hedge fund classification, could cause…
NYSE Euronext and Caisse des Dépôts to launch international carbon trading market
NYSE Euronext and French state-owned bank Caisse des Dépôts have announced plans to open an organized international market to trade carbon…
Skye Fund Services launched in Hong Kong to meet Asian alternative demand
Dominic Jones and Javed Rahman have established Skye Fund Services in Hong Kong with the aim of bringing a fresh approach to outsourced…
FRM Credit Alpha to issue new shares
FRM Credit Alpha, a Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended investment company traded on the London Stock Exchange, is offering new shares via a…
22 Oct 2007
PFPC offers custody in Luxembourg to capitalise on alternatives boom
Hedge fund service provider PFPC, which is one of the largest administrators of alternative investments in Ireland, has announced the…
Integrated takes control of Paris fund of hedge funds manager
Integrated Asset Management has agreed to acquire 51 per cent of Altigefi, a Paris-based fund of hedge funds manager.Integrated Asset…
BlueMountain Capital Management launches USD80m credit correlation fund
BlueMountain Capital Management has launched a new hedge fund, the Correlation Relative Value II Fund, designed to capitalise on…
MPC Investors opens fourth hedge fund
MPC Investors has announced the opening to external investors of its discretionary macro hedge fund, MPC Strategic Opportunities Fund,…
19 Oct 2007
Baring Asset Management launches emerging markets absolute return fund
Baring Asset Management has launched its fifth long/short equity hedge fund, the Baring Emerging Markets Absolute Return Fund, with USD20m…
New Star makes fourth public offering of Hedge ETS
New Star Asset Management is making a fourth offering of Hedge ETS, a London listed daily tradable security.New Star Asset Management is…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Vulture funds find carrion thin on the ground
Vulture funds set up by the likes of Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, TPG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to hunt down fire sales in the LBO debt…
18 Oct 2007
HSBC alternative investment group appoints head of sales and marketing
HSBC Private Bank has appointed Patrick Tuohy as global head of sales and marketing for the alternative investment group, with collective…
Moody's assigns operations quality rating to Brevan Howard Master Fund
Moody's Investors Service has assigned an operations quality rating of OQ1, the highest possible, to the Brevan Howard Master Fund, the…
