20 May 2004
Mellon HBV European event-driven strategy exceeds USD 100 million
Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC, has surpassed USD 100 million in assets for its European Event-Driven strategy.The strategy is…
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19 May 2004
AXA launches new generation volatility arbitrage fund
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched AXA KAPPA Opportunities, the second generation of its innovative credit-equity volatility…
18 May 2004
Canada's JCClark to open additional capacity with new fund
JCClark, manager of The Preservation Trust, one of Canada's largest and oldest hedge funds, is to open additional capacity by advising a…
Gartmore UK Equity High Alpha scores with institutions
Gartmore Investment Management plc has added GBP 120 million of UK equity high alpha mandate wins in recent weeks to its growing list of…
17 May 2004
Comment: Outlook for Emerging Market debt
In light of the recent market volatility, Raphael Kassin, manager of the recently-launched ABN AMRO Emerging Markets Debt Hedge Fund, looks…
Comment: Cinderella without a clock
John R.Taylor, Jr., Chief Investment Officer, FX Concepts, Inc. examines the global impact of rising US interest rates and forecasts the…
14 May 2004
The Hedgeweek Interview: Thomas Raber, Managing Director, Key Asset Management, London
Key Asset Management, the fund of hedge funds specialist, this year hit the USD 1 billion level in assets under…
SEC files charges against PIMCO over USD 4 billion Canary trades
The SEC has filed civil fraud charges against PIMCO over undisclosed market timing trades of over USD 4 billion conducted by Canary Capital…
Indices drop into negative territory this week
All the HFRX Indices lost ground in the week ended 11 May 2004, with the Merger Arbitrage Index recording the smallest loss of -0.04%. All…
13 May 2004
CBOE selects market makers for electronic platform
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has selected seven firms to serve as electronic-Designated Primary Market Makers…
06 May 2004
DrKW boosts London hedge fund sales force
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has strengthened its London-based Hedge Fund Sales team with a number of appointments.Angela…
05 May 2004
Olympia Capital launches FCP with combined investment approach
Paris-based Olympia Capital Management (OCM) has launched a French fund that combines both traditional and alternative investment…
04 May 2004
Forex and derivative customers reap benefits of bank competition
Competition among banks for treasury management business is making credit more easily available, customer service more focused, and…
OCM launches leveraged version of multi-strategy fund of funds
Olympia Capital Management (OCM) has launched a twice-leveraged version of its Olympia Star II fund of hedge funds (formerly Olympia Global…
03 May 2004
UK Regulatory Update: Reforms to the offshore funds regime
Paul Hale and Martin Shah of Simmons & Simmons update readers on amendments to UK taxation rules on offshore funds.The Finance Bill…
