Sales of alternative investment firms account for a record 40 per cent of deals in the global investment management business so far in 2008, according to Jefferies Putnam Lovell, an advise
Fund-of-funds manager Martello Investment Management of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is liquidating.
The hedge fund industry took in USD16.9 billion (0.7 per cent of assets) in May, down slightly from USD19.1 billion (0.8 per cent of assets) in April, according to TrimTabs and BarclayHedge. “Hedge funds raked in USD72.2 billion in the
The UK’s offshore fund tax rules are changing.
The London Stock Exchange, which over the past three years has seen off overtures from OMX, Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq, has joined the consolidation of the global exchange industry wit
Optimal Investment Services, a Geneva-based fund of hedge funds manager belonging to the Santander group, has announced the strengthening of its risk team with hires in the UK and Switzerl
Schroders Chief Economist and Strategist Keith Wade updates us on his thoughts on the pace of the current US economic growth… The US economy has strong momentum having shrugged off the government shutdown, and leading indicators suggest that growth will remain
Hedge fund manager MPC Investors has announced that it has changed its identity to RWC Partners in order to boost its marketing efforts by adopting a name that can be used across multiple
Fitch Ratings has published a guide to the qualitative analysis of absolute return (AR) funds. The report focuses on the key considerations when assigning Fund Quality Ratings (FQR) to regulated absolute return funds. A robust analytical framework is particularly important
The Moonraker Commodities Fund’s sterling share class delivered 19.3 per cent net of all charges over the year to 1 June 2009, compared with -41.2 per cent by its benchmark, the DJ AIG
