Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has entered the UK fund of funds market with the launch of two absolute return funds, the SWIP Multi-Manager Diversity and SWIP Multi-Manager Select
All six Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices were negative in August, according to Market Vectors Index Solutions. MV Emerging Markets L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index was the worst performer with a return of -1.55 per cent, followed
Merrill Lynch has added to its minority stakes in hedge fund management firms by acquiring within the space of a few days non-controlling investments in GSO Capital Partners and Sterling S
Abacus Financial Services Limited (AFSL) has appointed Paul Kneen as Managing Director.
Investment in Partners Group’s proprietary Alternative Beta Strategies now exceeds USD1bn following a USD200m investment in the hedge fund replication programme by the Universities Superan
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA and Crédit Agricole SA have taken the final step in unwinding CAAM SGR, their joint venture in asset management in Italy, in line with the commitment made in con
Luxury will hardly ever be a sector where you can launch a brand and be instantly successful, say Scilla Huang Sun (pictured) and Andrea Gerst, managers of the Julius Baer Luxury Brands Fund, Swiss & Global Asset Management… Brands need
Shoham Cohen, co-founder of Singapore-based hedge fund service provider ESC Financial Services, argues that recent criticism of the industry fails to recognise the limitless potential of n
Long before the recent boom that has made private equity investment known around the world, the Channel Islands Stock Exchange has led the field as one of the first stock exchanges in Europe to all
As the ban on hedge fund, private equity fund and venture capital fund "advertising" is set to lift on 23 September, most funds are wondering if they should take advantage of the opportunity or sit it out. Of most immediate concern will
