Axa Investment Managers has strengthened its fund of hedge funds business division with the appointments of Rajiv Jaitly as chief operating officer, Sharmila Soosaipillai as senior operati
Could the global financial crisis be a blessing in disguise for the Middle East region?
James Hughes, Senior Market Analyst at Alpari UK, says the proposed Europe-wide financial transactions tax, announced this week and backed by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, will have a negative inpact on the City of London… The proposed financial transactions
As the first generation of hedge fund leaders grows older, investors are increasingly exposed to key man risk and may be prudent to avoid an over-reliance on ageing star managers, according to the latest issue of aiCIO. "All asset classes
The multi-manager hedge fund division of Thames River has passed the USD1bn mark for assets under management following significant growth over the past four years under the leadership of K
After topping the hedge fund strategies performance league table in 2008, managed futures managers suffered in January posting a negative 1.89 per cent return, according to a report fro
UK-based alternative asset manager GLG Partners, which acquired a New York Stock Exchange listing last November through a reverse takeover, has reported record net revenues, capital inflow
UK pension funds advised by investment consultant Watson Wyatt continued to diversify into alternative asset classes in 2008, particularly into direct hedge funds and direct private equ
Euroclear, Xtrakter and the International Capital Market Association have announced the closing of Euroclear’s acquisition of Xtrakter, the ICMA subsidiary. Xtrakter owns Trax, the trade matching and reporting system, and is a source for fixed-income business and reference data.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the world’s fourth largest pension scheme, has sold a private equity portfolio valued at USD3bn to a group of five investors in what has
