18 Oct 2004
Dalman opens and closes first hedge fund on same day
Mehmet Dalman, who left Commerzbank two weeks ago to set up the Wealth Management Group, opened and closed his first hedge fund on the same…
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15 Oct 2004
Custom House doubles to over USD 10 billion in 10 months
Custom House Administration & Corporate Services Limited has doubled hedge fund assets under administration to over USD 10bn.Custom…
Comment: Impact in UK and Europe of SEC's proposal to register hedge fund investment advisers
William Yonge, Peter Malyshev and John Sullivan of the US law firm McDermott, Will & Emery examine the impact of the SEC's proposals on…
Record open interest in European equity options at Eurex
Eurex has set new open interest records in the Dutch and French equity options segment.Eurex announced on Tuesday that open interest in…
European hedge fund distribution and regulation moves on
Graham Phillips and Jerry Dawson of PricewaterhouseCoopers, London provide an overview of key developments across the European hedge fund…
Permal hires Merrill Lynch to explore way forward
Permal Group, the funds of hedge funds manager, has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch to conduct a strategic review of its…
Macro Index takes the lead as Equity Hedge Index dives
The Macro Index recorded a strong gain (0.68%) to lead the performance of the HFRX indices this week.The Market Directional Index also…
14 Oct 2004
Ex-Q Investment pros in value-oriented small cap launch
Steven McIntyre and Todd J. Stein have left billion dollar Q Investments of Ft. Worth, TX to launch their own long/short equity fund.The…
Progressive launches first single manager hedge fund
Progressive Alternative Investments Limited has launched the Stockbridge Fund; a UK long/short, small/mid cap hedge fund that began trading…
13 Oct 2004
Opus Prime launches from Schneider Platform
Opus Prime Capital will be launching a discretionary managed futures program later this month on Schneider's London-based hedge funds…
Macquarie launches into retail hedge funds
Macquarie Equity Markets has launched the fourth series of its Equinox FoHF in response to a growing retail demand in Australia for hedge…
Bloomberg-JPMorgan launch first tradable Emerging Asia Currency Index
JPMorgan and Bloomberg have launched the Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Currency Index, the first tradable index of Emerging Asia currencies.David…
01 Oct 2004
Investment banks move on GLG Partners and Highbridge Capital
Two of the world's largest banks, Lehman Holdings Inc. and JPMorgan Chase are buying into the funds of hedge funds business by acquiring…
Analysts repeat 'buy' recommendation on Man Group shares
The shares of London-listed Man Group were hit by uncertain financial markets and fears of poor returns at its flagship funds in the six…
Dalman to combine wealth management with hedge fund services
Mehmet Dalman, Commerzbank's Investment Banking chief, has left to launch an innovative hedge fund-focused wealth management group.Dalman's…
