28 Sep 2007
Equity long/short and absolute return funds outpace Australia's rampant equities
Australian long/short equity and absolute return hedge funds that have outperformed the country's record-breaking equities market have been…
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US fund investors and asset managers to examine market issues
The US President's Working Group on Financial Markets has announced the composition and aims for two private sector committees, one…
Comment: Three early lessons from the sub-prime crisis - a French answer to French criticism
Noël Amenc, professor of finance and director of the Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, argues that regulators and political…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Bear Stearns talks with bidders over minority equity stake
A group of international banks are seeking to buy a stake of up to 20 per cent in embattled US securities firm Bear Stearns, with HSBC,…
Market turbulence focuses attention on S&P fund of hedge funds ratings
The summer's turbulence in the credit and mortgage-backed securities markets and its knock-on effects on the hedge funds that invest in…
Bank of New York Mellon launches platform for 130/30 funds
Bank of New York Mellon, a global leader in securities servicing and asset management, has introduced what it says is the first platform to…
Hedge fund industry joins forces with New York housing charity
Hedge Funds for Habitat-NYC, an initiative by the hedge fund community to provide New York families with a once-in-a-lifetime home…
Fund of hedge funds Tapestry raises GBP52m in London placing
London-listed fund of hedge funds Tapestry Investment has successfully placed shares raising GBP52.1m from a range of existing and new…
Catella Asset Management goes live with Advent systems
Independent Swedish asset manager Catella Asset Management has gone live with Advent Portfolio Exchange, the latest portfolio management…
Aima expands regulatory team with new appointment
The Alternative Investment Management Association has announced the appointment of Thomas Bullman, previously with the Société Générale…
27 Sep 2007
Ireland seeks to boost role as hedge fund domicile
The growth of the global hedge fund industry over the past decade to a size variously estimated at between USD1.7trn and USD2.5trn has…
Independents continue to thrive
Over the course of this decade several big banks have entered the hedge fund administration market by snapping up independent…
The people factor
With hedge fund industry assets now standing at more than USD1.5trn, at least half of which is in funds of hedge funds, Bank of Ireland…
Appeal to fund managers slow to gain traction
Like other investment services centres such as the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Luxembourg, Ireland continues to look to increase…
The resources challenge
Ireland's continuing growth as a servicing centre for hedge funds is being driven by the desire of managers to have their funds serviced by…
