03 Apr 2007
ICAP plc sells Exotix stake to employees and Spencer-controlled firm
ICAP plc has reduced its stake in specialist emerging markets broker and arranger Exotix Limited by 58% following a sale of shares to the…
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85 per cent of mortgage-backed industry professionals expect sub-prime weakness to spread
The loan originators, bankers, and investors who create and finance the market in securitized mortgage debt are showing concern that the…
02 Apr 2007
AIMA welcomes HMRC investment manager exemption proposals
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has welcomed the HMRC's response in the consultation exercise on changes to UK's…
EDHEC/EuroPerformance Alpha League Table for France shows that most previous winners have stayed in the top flight
EDHEC and EuroPerformance have released their 2007 rankings of the top French asset management companies for long-only equity funds: the…
FXMarketSpace launches first centrally-cleared foreign exchange platform
FXMarketSpace, the world's first centrally-cleared, global foreign exchange platform for the over-the-counter market, is fully operational…
Morley launches UK Equity Long/Short hedge fund
Morley has launched the UK Equity Long/Short hedge fund, which aims to deliver absolute returns to investors with significantly lower…
Mcube unveils AlphaExchange alliance with Japan's Bridge Capital Securities
Mcube Investment Technologies has launched an alliance with Tokyo-based Bridge Capital Securities, a securities investment firm that…
30 Mar 2007
Pace of hedge fund launches and liquidations slowed in 2006, says HFR
The global hedge fund industry saw a drop in both launches and liquidations last year compared with the record-setting pace of 2005,…
Comment: Energy and commodity investing - risk is pervasive and growing
Gary M Vasey, vice-president for Europe at UtiliPoint International, argues that investors are rushing into the energy sector with little…
Integrated Asset Management names Peter Rose as chief investment officer
AIM-listed alternative investment group Integrated Asset Management has appointed Peter Rose as chief investment officer of its fund…
Comment: Market complacency - the risk of inaction
Kostas Iordanidis, co-chief investment officer at USD5.4bn fund of hedge funds manager Olympia Capital Management, argues that the current…
Ogier advises on first Guernsey registered fund
Guernsey lawyers from the international legal and financial services group Ogier have advised Gottex Fund Management on the London Stock…
SG Securities Services launches middle-office service for complex derivative products
Following its commercialisation of pricing services, performance attribution and risk calculation for complex derivative products, Société…
Affluent investors fail to understand hedge funds, says survey
Hedge funds and other alternative investments remain little understood by affluent investors in the US, according to a new report from…
29 Mar 2007
Dublin listing raises GBP46m for FRM Credit Alpha fund
Financial Risk Management, a global manager and adviser of funds of hedge funds, has raised GBP46m for FRM Credit Alpha, a…
