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Structured Solutions and 2n20.com launch Ucits hedge fund indices

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 11:33
Structured Solutions and 2n20.com have launched the Ucits HFS Index Series, the first index family that tracks Ucits funds applying hedge funds strategies. »

Nautical Capital Management launches commodity-based funds

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 11:01
Nautical Capital Management, an asset management company specialising in the development and management of commodity portfolios, has launched its commodity-based absolute return strategies. »

Hedge funds decline 0.50 per cent in January

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 07:05
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 0.50 per cent in January, while the S&P 500 declined 3.70 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 3.46 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite Index declined 5.37 per cent.  »

Laurent Chevallier joins Eurofin Capital

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 06:14
Eurofin Capital has appointed Laurent Chevallier as head of alternative research and portfolio management. »

Australian single hedge funds return 20.81 per cent in 2009

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 05:54
Australian absolute return and hedge funds enjoyed one of their best performances on record in 2009, according to a report by Australian Fund Monitors. »

Hedgeweek 2010 Awards – Reader Survey

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 04:00
We are conducting a survey of the Hedgeweek readership to assess the best hedge fund performers and service providers during 2009 in a range of categories covering the entire hedge fund space. Managers and service providers are welcome to nominate their own funds/firms – with relevant justification. The response so far to the survey from our 56,000 readers has been significant, so send your nominations to us asap. »

BTIG expands fixed income platform

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:49
BTIG, a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, has hired seven senior professionals in its fixed income group focusing on the areas of high yield/distressed, emerging markets and capital markets. »

Matrix Asia Fund expands team

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:03
Matrix Asia Fund has added Sam West to its team, joining Rupert Foster and David Peerless. »

NYSE to build technology solution for Asean exchange network

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 15:56
NYSE Technologies and four Asean equities exchanges – Bursa Malaysia, the Philippine Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Thailand – have signed a letter of intent that designates NYSE Technologies as the solutions provider for the Asean Trading Link. »

Prologue adds senior portfolio manager

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 15:32
Prologue Capital, an alternative investment firm that manages a discretionary fixed income strategy, has hired Noah Estrin as a senior portfolio manager focused on trading US agency mortgages. »

HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index down 0.71 per cent in January

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 14:15
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index declined by 0.71 per cent in January after posting a gain of 20 per cent in 2009. »

Dutch hedge funds gain 11 per cent in 2009

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 12:02
Dutch hedge funds gained an average of 11 per cent in 2009, as measured by the Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index. »

Ziegler names Tom Paprocki chief executive

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 12:00
Ziegler has appointed Tom Paprocki as chief executive officer following the retirement of John Mulherin. »

Threat of regulation puts pressure on US CDS markets

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:38
The threat of increased regulation in the US financial services sector kept widening pressure firmly on US corporate credit default swap markets throughout the end of January, according to a report by GFI Group. »

BG Group: Production to grow 6 to 8% by 2020

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:30
A leading natural gas group has announced that it is to grow its production volumes at the maximum of its existing target range, which could interest hedge fund managers investing in this sector. »

Henrik Strabo joins Rogge Capital Management

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 10:28
Rogge Capital Management has appointed Henrik Strabo as a portfolio manager and director of global emerging markets. »

Hedge funds perform well amid business model changes

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 06:07
Fitch Ratings says the hedge fund industry performed well in quarter four 2009 and experienced a return of net new money inflows. »

Weathering the storm

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 18:59
By Michael Bane – Ernst & Young’s Partner and Channel Islands Asset Management Leader sumarises the results of the firm's annual global survey of the hedge fund industry »

UK 'draws in hedge funds looking at commercial property'

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 18:43
Hedge funds have been increasingly looking to the UK when investing in real estate, an expert has claimed. »

Aksia hires two for Americas advisory team

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 15:58
Aksia, a provider of hedge fund research and advisory services, has appointed Bruce Ruehl and Jaeson Dubrovay as partners in the Americas advisory team. »