28 May 2004
HFR launches extension of HFRX Index Tracker Fund
HFR and CrossBorder Capital have joined forces to launch HFRXPlus, an enhanced version of its HFRX Index Tracker Fund.John Godden,…
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Italian hedge fund industry grows by EUR 2.3 billion in Q1 2004
Hedge fund assets under management in the Italian market reached a record level of EUR 8.5 billion as at the end of the first quarter of…
27 May 2004
Horizon grows by 27 per cent in Q1 2004
Horizon Cash Management, cash manager to many of the world's largest hedge funds and institutional investors, revealed that client assets…
Deutsche Bank selects SPhinX program to hedge exposure
Deutsche Bank will be using PlusFunds' SPhinX investment program to hedge in part its exposure to the Dynamic Alternative Portfolio Fund.
26 May 2004
Technology Brief: Netage announces InvestorDynamo Standard 3.5
Netage has launched the latest version of InvestorDynamo Standard. This new release of the company's Outlook-based application for hedge…
25 May 2004
Eurex US obtains recognised status from UK FSA
All Eurex US participants based in the UK can now trade directly on the new fully-electronic US futures and options exchange following…
Personnel changes at AIMA
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the London-based hedge fund and alternative investment association, this week…
S&P launches Equity Long/Short Index
Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P Equity Long/Short Index with 24 constituent funds and two regional sub-indices.Peter…
Duncan Capital to launch new small cap PIPE fund
Duncan Capital Group is preparing to launch its second hedge fund, DC Opportunity Fund I LLC.The new fund, which is the second fund…
24 May 2004
Richard Strong and two executives permanently barred by SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has permanently barred Richard S. Strong, founder of Strong Capital Management,…
Survey indicates popularity of global macro and long short strategies
A new survey of European institutional investors indicates that global macro and global long short are the most popular hedge fund…
Jun Miyazaki heads Gartmore Japan as Hodges returns
Jun Miyazaki has been appointed Chief Executive of Gartmore Japan in Tokyo, replacing Colin Hodges, who will join Gartmore's alternatives…
ADI launches NewAlpha incubator in Paris
ADI, the independent French alternative fund manager founded by Erich Bonnet and Christophe Bourret, has launched a new hedge fund…
21 May 2004
Indices continue to drop this week
Nearly all the HFRX Indices lost ground in the week ended 17th May 2004, with only the Equity Market Neutral and Relative Value Arbitrage…
Comment: Hedge fund Investing in post-modernisation Germany 2004 - Open for Business?
Florian Hach of ehedge AG, Frankfurt, outlines the obstacles that are yet to be overcome in the nascent German hedge funds market.Six…
