Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index is confirmed up 3.43 per cent in September and 5.98 per cent year-to-date. Nine out of ten sectors posted positive performance for the month. Among the top performing sectors
Gottex Fund Management, an alternative asset management group, has reported an increase in total fee earning assets of 6.9 per cent to USD7.8bn at 30 Septemner 2010, compared to USD7.3bn at 30 June 2010. The increase was as a result
Following receipt of the approval to provide fund administration and custody services from the Malta Financial Services Authority, the Citco Group of Companies is opening an office in Malta. William Keunen, global director of Citco Fund Services, says the
Orix USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in MIG Holdings, the parent company of Mariner Investment Group, a hedge fund and alternative investment manager. Mariner is an SEC registered investment adviser founded in 1992
Deloitte’s asset management services practice has launched a global full-service hedge fund emerging manager platform offering a mix of traditional and non-traditional professional services across audit, tax, financial advisory and consulting. The program represents the latest development in an aggressive
London-based PR firm Peregrine Communications is one of Europe’s most successful specialist financial PR agencies. Established in 2003 by CEO Anthony Payne (pictured), Peregrine has built an award-winning reputation based on proven results and first-class client service. This year sees
Kinetic Partners is a leading provider of tailored consulting, advisory and assurance services to clients within the financial services industry. Since it was established in 2005, Kinetic has assembled a multidisciplinary team of industry experts drawn from regulators, financial institutions
As one of Europe’s leading seeding platforms, the business objective of Amsterdam-based IMQubator is simple: putting investors in control when investing in hedge funds and delivering to them a multiple income stream by investing in emerging managers. Each manager receives
Independently owned Meridian Fund Services administers funds across all hedge fund structures and private equity funds. At present, Meridian administrates approximately USD14billion in assets. It services 85 clients across 216 funds, which collectively have more than 5,650 separate investors. According
Timberland Investment Resources, a forestry investment firm, has launched its London-based European investment business, Timberland Investment Resources Europe. Co-founded by managing partners Hugh Humfrey (pictured) and GianPaolo Potsios, TIR-Europe plans to provide UK and European institutional and high-net-worth investors with
