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Fairfield Straits Lion launches new Asian long-short equity fund

Fairfield Straits Lion Asset Management Limited (FSL) has added further Asian long/short equity expertise to its platform with the Fairfield Areca Asian Equity Fund. »


KGR Capital to launch first UK-listed fund of Asian hedge funds

KGR Capital is to launch the first UK-listed Asian fund of hedge funds, the KGR Absolute Return PCC Limited. »


Comment: Baring Asset Management's chief investment officer looks to Asia as he warns of global instability

Baring Asset Management (BAM) says that while global economies face a period of instability, Asian markets are set for sustained relative out performance. This them »


Canadian Pension Funds: End of restrictions on foreign investments spells new opportunities for alternative investing

Canadian plan sponsors intend to increase allocations to non-domestic alternative investments by 50 per cent, according to new research. Although strong asset growt »


Chapwood Capital focuses on building manager platform

Chapwood Capital LLC's new alternative investment management firm is targeting institutional investors, high net worth individuals and family offices. The firm's c »


Man Investments names Head of Middle East Institutional Sales

Man Investments has appointed Patrick Merville as Deputy Regional Manager and Head of Institutional Sales for the Middle East. Merville, born in Lebanon, was previ »


The Hedgeweek Interview: Taking independent pricing to the next level: Peter Jones, Director, Securities Evaluation Services, Standard & Poor's

Peter Jones outlines the value-added S&P* fixed income securities evaluation services available to hedge fund managers and institutional investors. »


Improving investment returns in a risk-averse environment

Continental Europe's pension funds and other institutional investors face a real dilemma, according to new report from Greenwich Associates.And the big question is: »


1. An Investor's Guide to Hedge Funds

Hedge funds have historically lodged in a dark corner of the investment universe, where investors and regulators were happy to leave them. »


7. Risk Management and the Magic of Diversification

Few private investors will have managed to escape from the words "risk management" in the process of making their investment decisions. »


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