Joe Seet (pictured), senior partner at Sigma Partnership, comments on the proposed restrictions on hedge fund managers’ pay in the latest draft of the EU’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers. Any inclusion in the AIFM directive to restrict hedge
Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent alternative fund administration company, has been selected as the exclusive third-party administrator for Flintlock Capital Asset Management, a discretionary global commodities manager set to launch in early 2010. "We look to differentiate our fund by being
As an independent division of Pictet Group, Pictet Alternative Investments benefits from the stability of the parent company, which last year collected USD15bn in net new assets. More than USD1bn went to PAI, which manages a total of around USD12.3bn
Gottex Fund Management, an independent global alternative asset management group, has combined client assets of USD8.6 billion as at 31 March 2014, compared to USD8.1 billion at 31 December 2013. Combined fee earning assets were up 14 per cent during
Cairn Capital, the London based credit asset management and advisory firm, has joined forces with Oyster Funds, the Luxembourg fund family of Swiss banking group Syz & Co, to launch a corporate credit fund under the Ucits III framework. The
Pfaeffikon-based LGT Capital Partners, which manages more than USD22bn in hedge fund and private equity assets, has been investing in hedge funds since 1996. The firm offers institutions various channels to gain exposure to investment strategies, most commonly through its
Following a year in which the hedge fund industry suffered one of its worst periods on record, there are clear signs that a recovery is underway with hedge fund employee compensation on the rise, according to a report by Glocap
Unigestion, a fund of hedge funds manager with USD12.6bn in assets under management and more than 230 institutional investors on its client book, first started investing in hedge funds back in 1986 and established its first institutional mandate in 1995.
While Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, it obtains access to the internal market by adapting its policies and regulation to meet EU standards. As the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is to be implemented in
Most hedge fund strategies posted positive returns in October despite global stock markets slipping in the second half of the month as mixed macro readings pointed to the fragility of the economy, according to a report by Lipper. Against that
