10 Oct 2007
Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advances 2.26 per cent September
Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors and index provider, has reported that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index was up by 2.26 per…
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Matrix launches new closed-ended asset-based lending fund
Matrix has launched a closed-ended version of its open-ended Asset Based 2 Fund, which was was launched in August and was up 0.64 per cent…
09 Oct 2007
Big institutions continue to take stakes in hedge fund managers
The summer's market turmoil has failed to cool the enthusiasm of global institutions for taking minority stakes in hedge fund managers,…
Eurex trading volume up 16 per cent in September
A total of some 156 million contracts were traded on the Eurex international derivatives exchange in September, a year-on-year increase of…
Specialist insurance broker to fund industry expands into Ireland
Baronsmead Partners, a specialist insurance broker to the fund industry, has opened an Irish division of its business in Dublin.Baronsmead…
Alpha Mutual Funds celebrates five years
AIP Mutual Funds, whose flagship Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund was launched in September 2002, is celebrating its fifth anniversary having…
08 Oct 2007
Absolute Capital German fund managers quit
Absolute Capital Management, the Majorca-based, London-listed hedge fund manager that was hit by heavy redemption requests and a…
FXall daily trading volume exceeds USD90bn
Online foreign exchange portal FXall has announced record trading volume of more than USD90bn in a single day, along with a rise in average…
Interwoven leads buy-side connectivity with launch of DealConnect for DTCC
Software provider Interwoven has announced the launch of Interwoven DealConnect for DTCC, which it says is the capital market industry's…
Managed Funds Association elects Ospraie's Eric Vincent as chairman
The board of the Managed Funds Association, the leading US industry body for alternative investment managers, has chosen Eric Vincent,…
05 Oct 2007
Jersey aims to challenge Cayman with unregulated funds regime
Amid strong competition among jurisdictions across Europe to offer more lightly regulated regimes for alternative funds, Jersey is seeking…
Perella Weinberg buys Xerion Capital Partners
Perella Weinberg Partners has acquired Xerion Capital Partners, a New York-based investment manager that focuses on distressed credit and…
Comment: Relief for banks, but markets remain fragile
Ingrid Neitsch, a portfolio advisor with FRM Credit Alpha, says that while last month saw a return of liquidity to the credit markets, the…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: JC Flowers in the running for troubled UK mortgage bank
US private equity firm JC Flowers is said to have secured GBP15bn of funding from other banks to buy battered UK mortgage bank Northern…
Last Atlantis joins forces with former Tudor trader at to launch new share class
Last Atlantis Capital Management, based in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, and Jerry Considine, a former head currency trader at Tudor…
