03 Jul 2007
F&C launches fund raising for foreign exchange volatility hedge fund
F&C Alternative Investments has launched fund raising for its F&C Garnet Fund, a hedge fund that aims to achieve absolute returns…
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One in three funds trading illiquid securities smoothes returns, says Riskdata
At least 30 per cent of hedge funds trading illiquid strategies are smoothing returns, according to research into the behaviour of more…
02 Jul 2007
Jupiter opens Asia Pacific hedge fund to external investors
The USD25m long/short Jupiter Asia Pacific Fund managed by Philip Ehrmann, which has been incubated since last December, initially as a…
US Futures Exchange launches renewable energy futures with wind power
The Chicago-based US Futures Exchange has announced plans to list futures contracts on Nordix Financial Wind Indexes, created by Weather…
Private equity firm takes strategic stake in hedge fund manager
Proctor Investment Managers, a private equity investor that specialises in providing capital, marketing and management solutions to…
3i invests USD57m in hedge fund administrator Fulcrum
3i Growth Capital has announced a USD57m investment in Fulcrum, a hedge fund administrator with headquarters in Bermuda and offices in New…
29 Jun 2007
Cantor Fitzgerald launches GoldRock Asset Management
Cantor Fitzgerald has announced the launch in early July of GoldRock Asset Management, a new alternative investment management company…
AltEdge Capital launches Decorrelated fund of hedge funds
London-based alternative investment manager AltEdge Capital has launched a new fund of hedge funds, AltEdge Decorrelated Portfolio,…
Pension funds take to alternatives on global scale, says Watson Wyatt
Global assets managed by the world's largest 99 alternatives managers for pension fund clients stand at just under USD600bn, according to…
Weston Capital Partners incubation fund backs White Oak Partners
Westport, Connecticut-based Weston Capital Asset Management has announced that the firm's second incubator fund, Weston Capital Partners…
LaSalle Global Fund Services launches hedge fund administration in Jersey
LaSalle Global Fund Services, which established a European foothold by setting up a hedge fund administration business in Dublin in March,…
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: BlackRock quick to take alternatives plunge
Asset management giant BlackRock has agreed to buy the fund of funds business of Quellos for up to USD1.7bn.Asset management giant…
LME launches trading of regional plastics contracts
The trading of regional futures contracts for polypropylene and linear low density polyethylene has been launched on the London Metal…
Comment: Too close to home?
Earlier this year it was the apparent vulnerability of Chinese stock markets and the yen carry trade that was spooking markets, but now it…
