11 May 2006
Performance fee-only fund debuts in the Netherlands
Utrecht-based Finles Capital Management has launched the Star Selector Fund, with investors only paying a performance fee. Utrecht-based…
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Edhec conducts European transaction cost analysis survey with HSBC
EDHEC-Risk Advisory will be conducting a pan-European survey witPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cEDHEC-Risk Advisory will be conducting a…
IDS and Glenrand MIB launch hedge fund manager liability policy
Fund administrator Investment Data Services (IDS) has joined forces with insurance broker Glenrand MIB to provide affordable insurance…
10 May 2006
New horizons for shareholders' champion
The custodian of a fund of hedge funds plays an important role in protecting its assets and carrying out oversight of the manager and…
Equity swaps as an alternative to trading in equities
In recent years equity swaps have emerged as one of a series of equity derivative products that are playing an increasingly integral…
The foundations of Asia's hedge fund boom
Asia has been coming out of a fairly devastating economic crisis that began in 1997 and lasted until at least…
09 May 2006
Noble focuses on talented emerging hedge fund managers
A new London-based company, Noble Asset Management (NAM), has been launched to capture the out-performance of emerging hedge fund managers.
LucidQ Investment launches equity hedge fund
Virginia-based investment adviser LucidQ Investment, Inc has launched a new equity hedge fund aimed at accredited investors and qualified…
Get ready for the dividend season: Why call option holders should pay attention to AGM dates
With DAX-listed companies alone set to distribute EUR 18 billion to shareholders in 2006, call option holders should take care to exercise…
Octane appoints Torrey as investment advisor
Octane Management (BVI) Limited has appointed Torrey Associates LLC as the investment advisor to a predominantly long-short equity fund of…
08 May 2006
NIR Group closes first CDO
The NIR Group, LLC has closed the USD 1.5 bn West Trade Funding CDO I, the group's first collateralized debt obligation transaction. The…
Theta Capital Management expands investment team
Theta Capital Management is expanding its investment team with the hiring of Marco Smelter and Thomas Heidstra as portfolio managers as…
Torrey appoints new head of risk management
SEC-registered investment adviser Torrey Associates has appointed John Casano as Head of Risk Management. Casano joins Torrey from Credit…
Hedge fund managers head for Guernsey
As interest in hedge funds has grown in the United Kingdom and Europe in recent years, a large number of promoters have chosen to locate…
05 May 2006
Harwood report promises a fund regulation revolution
Guernsey is on the brink of what many industry professionals believe may be a revolution in the way funds are authorised and regulated,…
