Liongate Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds manager, is participating in the establishment of the Hedge Fund Standards Board Investor Chapter, a group of hedge fund managers and investors who have come together to help shape best practice within
There was once a time when taking a pause in investment activity would have meant missing plethora of missed opportunities.
To say the last year or so has been testing for investors across the world would be something of an understatement. So where do the global markets currently stand, what can we expect in the future and what issues should
Skandia Investment Group’s UK Strategic Best Ideas fund has recorded its highest ever net market exposure as underlying managers’ continue to have faith in UK companies. The new record, reached at the end of last week, means that the GBP63m
The shareholders of Henderson Group have approved the proposed acquisition of New Star Asset Management Group for GBP107m.
After four months of agitation, activity on the stock market seemed to calm down somewhat in October, research by Edhec-Risk Institute shows. Following exceptional gains in September, the S&P 500 index remained on the rise (+3.80 per cent) and implied
Daniel Zwirn is facing tough times. His firm, D.B. Zwirn & Co, is being eyed by a number of bidders as it tries to recover from a financial scandal.
Half of pension funds have recently altered the asset allocation of their investments, with the majority reducing exposure to equities in favour of alternatives, according to Baring Asset Management’s annual poll of UK pension schemes. Of the 50 per cent
The RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 1.35 per cent in October. This brings the year-to-date return of the index to 3.93 per cent. These returns are estimated and will be finalised by the middle of next
Merseyside Pension Fund, one of the UK’s largest public local authority pension funds, is increasing the amount that Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company manages for it in funds of hedge funds. Paamco has been managing assets for the fund for
