Paris-based hedge fund manager Systeia Capital Management has denied reports by the Sunday Times in London alleging that its Systeia Alternative Risk Trading fund had encountered performan
Hedge fund administrator Citco Group is making a major new commitment in the Far East with the opening of new offices in the Changi district of Singapore.
Three Lyxor strategy indices out of 13 ended the month of August in positive territory, led by the L/S Credit Arbitrage Index (+0.51 per cent), the Convertible Bonds Arbitrage Index (+0.26 per cent) and the Event Driven – Merger Arbitrage
Leading offshore legal and fiduciary services group Ogier is expanding its structured finance operation in Ireland with the purchase of a substantial portion of the Pegasus Corporate Servi
By James Williams – The last twelve months have done a lot to consolidate peoples’ views of alternative Ucits. Fund managers have started to wake up to the obvious benefits of having an onshore vehicle and the value that the
Once considered a relative backwater by the global hedge fund industry, the Middle East is starting to attract increasing attention thanks to a combination of factors, including the surge of wealth
GLG Partners Inc continues to believe that the overall exposure of the GLG Funds and its other clients’ exposure to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (‘LBHI’) and its subsidiaries, including Lehman Brot
The next 12 to 18 months will be pivotal for the long-term trends in the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), says Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance… 22 July 2013 was the ‘deadline’ for
A new trading record of 17 million contracts was set by international derivatives exchange Eurex on January 22, beating the previous mark of 15.5 million contracts from June 6 last year, a
Patrick Moonen (pictured), Senior Strategist Multi Asset at ING Investment Management (ING IM), on European equities… It’s not clear whether a consistent positive relation exists between the average temperature on European beaches and market performance, but since the start of the
