Ermitage launches Global Long Short Fund
Ermitage Group has launched the Global Long Short Fund; the latest offering within the firm’s USD600m long/short equity programme that also includes three specialist regionally focused lon
Ermitage Group has launched the Global Long Short Fund; the latest offering within the firm’s USD600m long/short equity programme that also includes three specialist regionally focused lon
Aoifinn Devitt, who spent four years heading up the European hedge fund practice at Cambridge Associates, has left to establish Clontarf Capital.

Multiplicity Partners has been appointed exclusive advisor by a major European bank to manage the realisation of a EUR340 million portfolio of complex investments involving fund structures in multiple on- and offshore jurisdictions. Roger Rüegg, partner at Multiplicity, says: “This
Advent Software has teamed up with Investit, to produce a comprehensive guide to MiFD compliance.
The Hedgemedia editorial team is taking a short summer break next week (6-10 August), this means that our daily newswires will not be distributed next week, and will resume the week beginn
Mercer Investment Consulting is to expand its research to give clients access to in-depth analysis of a broader and more diverse range of alternative products.

Jamie Allsopp (pictured), Fund Manager at Insparo Asset Management believes US president Barack Obama should follow the UK’s lead on investment in Africa… You don’t have to be an expert to realise Africa has extraordinary investment potential. Africa receives far
The US Futures Exchange (USFE) will list its cash-settled futures contracts on Morningstar’s (NASDAQ: MORN) style equity indexes beginning September 28.
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees has hired two new absolute return managers, updating the fund’s real estate investment policy and adding a global allocation to its

How hedge funds are becoming mainstream investment strategies for a new class of investors, specifically family offices, seeking returns unavailable in traditional markets, will be the focus of the Bloomberg Hedge Funds Summit, which is being held in New York