Swiss-based alternative asset manager Partners Group has announced that the funds raised for 2008 amount to CHF6.2bn, thereby exceeding the target of CHF5-6bn set at the beginning of 20

The global financial crisis could be entering a ‘new and more treacherous phase’, which could push international countries to the brink of failure and further hinder the global economic

Voltrex, the FSA-regulated alternative investment and brokerage services specialist, has launched a complete foreign exchange service to meet the needs of financial institutions, corporate

Deutsche Bank has announced the acquisition of HedgeWorks, a Carlsbad, California-based hedge fund administrator with more than USD10bn in assets under administration.

All hedge fund strategies except for CTAs and short sellers posted their worst losses in 2008, according to a report from Edhec.

International derivatives exchange Eurex saw a 22 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover volume to 185 million contracts last month, up from 151 million contracts in April 2007.

Steven Wignall has joined the Hedgemedia team to develop and extend a series of online community forums across Hedgemedia’s suite of alternative asset websites.

Hong Kong-based asset management firm Enhanced Investment Products says year end results show the EIP Overlay fund is up 17.31 per cent, in comparison to the MSCI Emerging Asia Index wh

State Street Global Advisors has been appointed as a portfolio strategist firm by Genworth Financial Wealth Management to manage a series of six tactical asset allocation portfolios usi

RBC Capital Markets has launched the RBC Emerging Manager Allocator platform, a proprietary pool of capital structured to invest in a diversified group of emerging manager hedge funds with