07 Sep 2007
Fortis launches new Chinese equities fund for institutions
Fortis Investments has launched the New Equity Opportunities China Fund, which is geared to institutional investors and aims to exploit…
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Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Citigroup drops Tribeca fund operation to focus on Old Lane
Citigroup is shuttering its USD2bn Tribeca Global Investments hedge fund business and will return money to investors in order to focus its…
Fund of funds manager Forsyth in acquisition talks
Forsyth Partners, the fund of funds manager and fund research provider that had its distribution licence in Dubai withdrawn at the end of…
Online recruitment eases soaring cost of finding talent
With the demand for talented human resources in the alternative asset sector soaring, recruiting agencies are cashing in.With the demand…
06 Sep 2007
RMF launches first environmental fund of hedge funds
Swiss-based hedge fund manager RMF Investment Management has launched a fund of hedge funds, RMF Environmental Opportunities Fund, which…
Liffe launches JPMorgan IPOX Europe 50 derivatives on Bclear
In partnership with JPMorgan, London-based derivatives exchange Liffe is introducing for the first time a bespoke product on Bclear, its…
August volatility brings record broking volumes at Icap
Global interdealer broker Icap, which is active in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, energy, foreign exchange and equity…
Global Advisors closes commodity funds blaming poor performance
Specialist commodity hedge fund manager Global Advisors has announced that funds will be returned to investors in the Global Advisors…
Industry veteran Jacobs joins Fulcrum from PFPC to head US business development
Fulcrum, a Bermuda-based administrator for the global hedge fund and alternative asset management industry, has appointed industry veteran…
Troika Dialog Asset Management closes first-ever Russian corporates CDO
Moscow-based Troika Dialog Asset Management, in conjunction with Deutsche Bank, has closed CDO I, the first ever rouble-denominated…
Polar Capital expands technology team
Polar Capital Holdings has announced the appointment of Nick Evans, who was until recently at Axa Framlington Investment Management, as a…
TA Associates takes stake in USD45bn investment manager
Private equity firm TA Associates has acquired a minority interest in ASB Holdings, the parent company of Arnhold and S Bleichroeder…
05 Sep 2007
Salus Alpha launches Equity Hedged fund based on long/short equity index
Swiss fund of hedge funds manager Salus Alpha Management is launching the Salus Alpha Equity Hedged fund, a Ucits III-compliant vehicle…
New 'fat tail' risk management product to be launched on HFR platform
A new risk management product for funds of hedge funds, pension funds and endowments will be launched on the HFR Asset Management platform…
Eurex trading volume grows 64 per cent to 175 million contracts
The international derivatives exchange Eurex saw around 175.1 million contracts traded in August, a rise of 64 per cent from 107 million in…
