Jupiter opens Asia Pacific hedge fund to external investors
The USD25m long/short Jupiter Asia Pacific Fund managed by Philip Ehrmann, which has been incubated since last December, initially as a paper portfolio and since April with internal seed m
The USD25m long/short Jupiter Asia Pacific Fund managed by Philip Ehrmann, which has been incubated since last December, initially as a paper portfolio and since April with internal seed m
RWC Partners says it has seen strong demand for the funds managed by its multi-asset team, raising well over USD2bn since launch in early 2007.

Global investors have regained a strongly bullish stance on the outlook for equity markets in the second half of 2014, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for July. A net 61 per cent of global asset allocators
Pioneer Alternative Investments has confirmed the resignation of nine members of its fund of hedge funds division in London and New York, including senior members of the investment team Ma
Hedge funds have always had an interesting and diverse relationship with IT: from mission-critical, proprietary systems and prime broker-sourced systems to creating ad hoc spreadsheets – or ignorin
Proctor Investment Managers, a private equity investor that specialises in providing capital, marketing and management solutions to investment management firms, has established a strategic
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, which manages USD40.6bn worth of assets, still does not have any allocation to alternative investment, more than a year after advisers recommen
ACP Partners and TriAlpha Investment Advisors have completed their merger, creating a combined entity known as ACPI.

Retail sales gained 0.3 per cent in May and while that was below the 0.6 per cent rise expected on Wall Street the data did little to alter views that the economy is regaining steam. Michael Zimmerman, chief executive of

By James Williams, news editor, Hedgeweek – Seeding hedge funds has picked up in popularity over the last 12 months at a time when new managers looking to raise capital has become notoriously difficult. Unless, that is, you happen to