16 Feb 2005
Guernsey finance industry must rise to QIF challenge
A leading advisor says that Guernsey Qualifying Investor Funds will require a disciplined response from the industry to ensure continued…
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A technique to construct an optimal fund of funds
Laurent Favre, founder, AlternativeSoft AG, on defining what kind of risks and what kind of returns are needed in order to construct an…
Decision Capital Management partners with Echlin Asset Management
Decision Capital Management (DCM) and Echlin Asset Management have teamed up to increase European investor access to US fund of funds.The…
15 Feb 2005
FIM hires two senior investment specialists
FIM Limited is continuing the expansion of its multi-manager team by hiring two new senior analysts in the research and investment…
First US equity index derivatives begin trading on Eurex US
Trading in futures on the large-cap Russell 1000 Index® and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index® has begun on Eurex US.In launching these…
A closer look at hedge fund fees
The latest research from research company Fitzrovia highlights significant variations in the way hedge funds' performance fees are…
Flood of Asia-focused hedge fund launches
The first few weeks of 2005 have seen a number of significant launches of hedge funds focused on Asia.* Gartmore has launched an…
Aizawa Securities buys a stake in ProfitFundCom AG
Aizawa Securities Co Ltd, one of Japan's leading securities houses, has bought a minority stake in offshore fund management firm…
14 Feb 2005
Pirate Capital LLC adds two more analysts
Pirate Capital LLC has recently added two more analysts as the firm's assets grow to USD 370 million.Matt Goldfarb and Stephen Loukas…
Allianz Hedge Fund Partners celebrates three years in business
Allianz Hedge Fund Partners is celebrating three years in business, with the team members' history of hedge fund investing now extending to…
Liberty Ermitage to soft close Asset Selection fund
Liberty Ermitage is to close the current share classes of its Asset Selection fund to new investors. From 1 April, 2005, new investors will…
Julius Baer opens credit and emerging markets fund to public
Julius Baer has opened its third single manager hedge fund, the Julius Baer Credit and Emerging Markets hedge fund (JB CrEM fund), to…
03 Feb 2005
Tech Update I: New hedge fund email and IM archiving solution
Smarsh Inc is launching a new version of its archiving solution designed specifically for small to mid-sized hedge funds. The new solution…
Tech update II: Beauchamp FundManager taps in to Omgeo CTM
Beauchamp's portfolio management software system can now connect directly to Omgeo's automated back-office trade processing solution.Omgeo…
New appointment to Old Mutual quantitative strategies team
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) (OMAM) has appointed research analyst Dr Han Lin to its quantitative strategies team. OMAM manages over USD…
