Interview with Pius Fritschi – Last year, LGT Capital Partners saw its hedge funds business grow 20 per cent. This, says Pius Fritschi (pictured), Head of Hedge Fund Business Development at LGT Capital Partners, shows that demand for hedge fund
Interview with Paul Nicholson – Vontobel Fund – Absolute Return Bond is designed to help clients overcome the challenges of uncertainty in today’s historically low interest environment. The fund’s flexible strategy is composed of four sub-strategies: one in cash management,
First State Investments has announced over USD130m of new investments into its FS Media Works Fund I, bringing the fund to an initial close.
Interview with André Valente – The opportunity to leverage onshore administration services for hedge fund managers is gathering momentum in Switzerland. And UBS Fund Services in Switzerland plans to be at the forefront, according to André Valente (pictured) who heads
Cornerstone Acquisition & Management, a sub-adviser to Centaur Performance Group, has acquired a portfolio of royalty interests in producing oil and gas properties located in Southern Oklahoma, operated by Houston-based Citation Oil and Gas. “This transaction is indicative of the
By James Williams – “Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.” Thomas A Edison. On 1 March 2013, Swiss fund managers awoke to a new dawn. Overnight, they had gone from operating in a market
Eight of Newedge’s 11 hedge fund indices showed positive performance during March. The Newedge Trend Index increased 1.89 per cent in March, followed by the Newedge CTA Index, which gained 1.29 per cent. The Newedge Trend Index and Newedge
Blackthorn Investment Group has received the 2010 Lipper Award of Excellence for the best equity market hedge fund in North America and the 2010 Lipper Award of Excellence for the best equity market hedge fund in the offshore division. This
Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services has merged with MadisonGrey to create a hedge fund administrator with combined assets under administration of over USD7bn. This increased size will enable servicing of funds onshore in the US through the Atlanta office, as well
Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in ID’s SAS (Investors Derivatives solutions), a Paris based company specialised in providing online technology solutions to the financial markets’ buy- and sell-side firms. Deutsche Börse is extending its positioning in the
