Hedge funds are set to lead increased shareholder activism in 2009, according to the latest Shareholder Activism Insight report commissioned by law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel from me
Stratigis Capital Advisors has launched the Theta Alternative Income Fund. The fund is the result of a strategic partnership with portfolio manager Eden Rahim and Michael Bird. The Theta Alternative Income Fund provides investors with unique exposure to alternative
Five out of seven of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices ended the year with positive returns. The IQ Hedge Event-Driven Beta Index led the way with a return of 1.25 per cent. This
Hoare Capital Markets, a specialist wholesale broking boutique based in London’s Mayfair, has been launched as a financial solutions provider focusing on over the counter derivatives an
The London-based Fidessa group has launched the Fidessa Fragmentation Index, designed to provide the trading community with an accurate, unbiased measurement of the true state of liquid
Yorkville Advisors, a US based investment manager to a family of funds, has invested USD15m into United Fiber System through the subscription of a series B equity line backed loan note. The investment was sourced out of Hong Kong and
The equity market neutral strategy is a potential diversifier given the low beta it showed to the 2008 equity markets in what was a historically volatile year, according to a paper released by Credit Suisse’s quantitative equities group. The white
Stone & Youngberg, a financial services firm and underwriter of California municipal bonds, has opened its 11th office nationwide in New York’s state capital of Albany. Jeff Hyman, a managing director in Stone & Youngberg’s public finance group, will head
The European Energy Exchange and Eurex are expanding the offering of futures on emission rights. Pending approval of the EEX Exchange Council, the new futures will be launched as of 27 October 2009. The partners will be offering new European
Deutsche Bank has launched a Ucits III compliant currency fund, a benchmark index product which offers institutional investors access to broad currency market returns. The fund, called the DB Platinum Currency Returns Plus Fund, offers exposure to the Deutsche Bank
