Two members of the inaugural class of "100 Women in Hedge Funds/CAIA Scholars" have completed the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Foundation Program. The scholarship initiative, offered by the 100 Women in Hedge Funds Institute through the generous sponsorship of
SunGard will make secondary market price data on private equity, real estate and hedge funds available from its Investran platform through a collaboration with NYPPEX Private Markets. The secondary market price data for private investment funds will be offered on
Electronic trading is by far the leading method of equity execution in Europe, according to the first European Equities e-Trading survey conducted by the Securities Industry and Financial
The Scotia Capital Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index finished April 2010 up 1.02 per cent on an asset weighted basis and up 0.68 per cent on an equal weighted basis. The index performed in line with North American equities and
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that it has launched, on a six-month trial basis, a monthly report called ‘This Month in Futures Markets’.
Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 1.24 per cent in April. Nine out of ten sectors posted positive performance for the month. Top performers included managed futures (+1.89 per cent), event driven (+1.89
2011 saw a total of 28 new funds join the industry’s largest individual commingled managed account platform across a range of strategies including multi-strategy, special situations, merger arbitrage, emerging market LSE, global macro and long/short credit. And this year is
Buyside firms, sellside firms and technology vendors do not all agree on what constitutes best execution, reveals a new report by capital markets consultancy GreySpark Partners. “Best Execution: the State of Play”, the third in a series of research reports
New York-based property equities fund manager Cohen & Steers has announced the appointment of Todd Voigt as a senior vice-president and portfolio manager who will lead the creation of
Apex Fund Services, a fund administration business with over USD10bn in assets under management, is opening of an office in Abu Dhabi during the second half of 2010. Approval has been received from the Department of Economic Development in Abu
