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Convertible bonds record best performance in a year in July

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 11:49

After two months of severe disappointment stock market investors seemed to renew with unbridled optimism in July, with the S&P 500 index rising by 7.01 per cent, its best return over the past 12 months, and implied volatility (23.50 per cent) dropping by one third. »

Integrated Capital Solutions launches CTA platform

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 10:37

Integrated Capital Solutions has launched a managed investment platform to rank and track some of the world's leading trading advisers and create single or multi CTA portfolios. »

Australian hedge funds up 1.5 per cent in July

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 07:21

Australian hedge funds rose by 1.5 per cent in July, bringing their year-to-date performance to 0.32 per cent, according to Australian Fund Monitors. »

Survey finds bearish sentiment waning as risk appetite improves

Wed, 18/08/2010 - 06:15

Bearish sentiment among investors about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings has eased, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for August. »

Bernd Vorbeck, spokesman of Universal-Investment’s management board

Universal-Investment and York launch merger arbitrage strategy as Ucits fund

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 16:06

Universal-Investment and New York-based hedge fund specialist York Asset Management have launched an absolute return fund, The York Lion Merger Arbitrage Liquidity Fund UI. »

LME approves Chicago and Detroit as delivery points for steel billet

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 14:14

The London Metal Exchange has approved Chicago and Detroit as points of good delivery for its steel billet contract. »

John Donohoe, chief executive officer of Carne

Jabre Capital Partners launches Ucits fund

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 12:02

Jabre Capital Partners, the Geneva-based hedge fund manager established by Philippe Jabre in 2006, has established a Luxembourg domiciled Ucits umbrella, JabCap (Lux), with one sub-fund, JabCap (Lux) - Global Balanced. »

Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.59 per cent

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 10:33

Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 1.59 per cent in July and 2.22 per cent year-to-date. »

Isabelle Tykoczinski joins Kinetic Partners

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 05:57

Isabelle Tykoczinski has been appointed a member at Kinetic Partners and will be joining the London risk team to strengthen and develop the firm’s current risk offering. »

Bestone Asset Management launches China Opportunities Fund

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 15:58

Bestone Asset Management has launched the Bestone China Opportunities Fund. »

Lipper calls for clearer disclosure of fund performance fees

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 12:09

Lipper has identified 81 open-ended funds in the UK with performance fees in place, a rise of 138 per cent from the 34 funds identified at the end of 2007 but still less than five per cent of the industry’s total number of funds. »

RBC Hedge 250 Index up 0.90 per cent in July

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 12:01

The RBC Hedge 250 Index rose by 0.90 per cent in July 2010, bringing the year-to-date return of the index to 0.25 per cent. »

CFTC and SEC issue notice on mixed swaps regulations

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 10:15

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have published a notice requesting public comment on defining certain key terms and in prescribing regulations regarding mixed swaps, as required by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. »

Fried Frank names Lisa Schneider partner

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 07:10

Law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has elected Lisa Schneider to the firm's partnership, effective 1 September 2010. »

Iosco publishes principles for direct electronic access to markets

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 06:23

The technical committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions has published principles designed to guide intermediaries, markets and regulators on the areas of pre-conditions for direct electronic access, information flow and adequate systems and controls. »

Vam Funds appoints business development manager for Asia

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 06:07

Vam Funds, an investment boutique, has appointed Linda McLaren as business development manager for Asia. »

Firms to adopt unified market-data platform, says Tabb

Sun, 15/08/2010 - 16:02

The global financial markets are on the cusp of a new age of interconnectedness, an era when delivery of the right data to the right people at the right performance level and in the right format is more easily achieved, what Tabb Group in a new research report calls “global markets on demand.” »