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European hedge fund distribution and regulation moves on

Fri, 15/10/2004 - 07:17

Graham Phillips and Jerry Dawson of PricewaterhouseCoopers, London provide an overview of key developments across the European hedge fund market. Developments in th »

Record open interest in European equity options at Eurex

Fri, 15/10/2004 - 07:17

Eurex has set new open interest records in the Dutch and French equity options segment. Eurex announced on Tuesday that open interest in Dutch equity options reache »

Permal hires Merrill Lynch to explore way forward

Fri, 15/10/2004 - 07:03

Permal Group, the funds of hedge funds manager, has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch to conduct a strategic review of its business. Permal, which oversees about »

Macro Index takes the lead as Equity Hedge Index dives

Fri, 15/10/2004 - 07:01

The Macro Index recorded a strong gain (0.68%) to lead the performance of the HFRX indices this week. The Market Directional Index also recorded a gain of 0.37% followed closely by the Distr »

Ex-Q Investment pros in value-oriented small cap launch

Thu, 14/10/2004 - 07:13

Steven McIntyre and Todd J. Stein have left billion dollar Q Investments of Ft. »

Progressive launches first single manager hedge fund

Thu, 14/10/2004 - 07:03

Progressive Alternative Investments Limited has launched the Stockbridge Fund; a UK long/short, small/mid cap hedge fund that began trading on 1 October. The princi »

Opus Prime launches from Schneider Platform

Wed, 13/10/2004 - 07:17

Opus Prime Capital will be launching a discretionary managed futures program later this month on Schneider's London-based hedge funds platform. Opus is the sponsor »

Macquarie launches into retail hedge funds

Wed, 13/10/2004 - 07:11

Macquarie Equity Markets has launched the fourth series of its Equinox FoHF in response to a growing retail demand in Australia for hedge funds. Macquarie associate »

Bloomberg-JPMorgan launch first tradable Emerging Asia Currency Index

Wed, 13/10/2004 - 07:03

JPMorgan and Bloomberg have launched the Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Currency Index, the first tradable index of Emerging Asia currencies. David Puth, global head of cu »

Investment banks move on GLG Partners and Highbridge Capital

Fri, 01/10/2004 - 07:21

Two of the world's largest banks, Lehman Holdings Inc. and JPMorgan Chase are buying into the funds of hedge funds business by acquiring major players. Lehman Holdings Inc. »