The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has selected five investment advisors for its second Manager Development Program. The program is design
AltenativeSoft has released a new version of its HFOptimizer fund of funds construction platform allowing users to rate funds both quantitatively and qualitatively.
UK pension funds and other institutions are increasingly awakening to the diversification benefits of hedge funds, according to a new report by UBS. The detailed re
HSBC Republic Investment Limited is opening the HSBC Leveraged GH Fund – Euro on 31 May 2005. Jamie Murray, Head of Marketing, HSBC Republic Investments Limited, sa
Capital Z Investment Partners, LLC has invested in a European-based hedge fund for the first time – Sanctum FI, LLP. The London-based hedge fund management company
Integra Capital has signed an agreement with Schroders plc to exclusively represent Schroders’ FoHF products to institutional investors in Canada. The funds will b
Matrix have expanded their range of open ended funds of hedge funds to five, with the launch of the Matrix Generator Fund. The new fund of funds, which will invest
BNP Paribas Asset Management is looking to develop its "high alpha" bond management activity with the appointment of Nicolas Chaput. BNP Paribas already h
Former Putnam Investments head of investment Steve Oristaglio is joining Gottex Fund management as head of structured products. Oristaglio, who will also serve as
John Godden examines how the ‘traditional’ view of hedge funds as super high performance vehicles dominated by macro global traders is changing. A wide range of str
