Jersey intends to introduce a new unregulated fund regime early in 2008 designed to meet more closely the needs of the hedge fund community.
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) is launching a new chapter to advocate for hedge funds domiciled in Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal and has named José Castellano, Managing Director of Pioneer Investments – an asset manager with USD230 billion assets
Managed futures gained 0.24 per cent in June, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is down 1.04 per cent for the first six months of 2010. “Risk aversion driven by concerns of a ‘double-dip’ recession
The evolution of Jersey’s regulatory structure for the fund industry over the past three years has been essentially driven by the needs of the market.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has raised GBP40m at a price of GBP1.00 per ordinary share through the placing, the offer for subscription and the arrangements for switching. The company has applied for admission of 40,000,000 ordinary shares to trading on the
Hedge funds lost 0.96 per cent in June, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is now up 0.13 per cent year-to-date. All but five of Barclay’s hedge fund indexes lost ground in June. The
Current monthly fund registrations in the Cayman Islands are indicating a strong recovery and are running at over 100 new funds a month. The fund industry is now on track to exceed the previous total of regulated funds by the
Despite hedge funds posting a slightly positive performance of 0.06 per cent for June, according to the Lipper Hedge Fund Composite Index, their risk/return profile remained intact. June’s return brought year-to-date performance to minus 2.88 per cent. Dedicated short-bias (+1.84
Northern Trust is offering clients daily independent valuations for complex over-the-counter property derivatives. The product, which has been developed in response to an increasing trend for property funds to use OTC derivative instruments, is the latest in a series of
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed down 1.50% in May as most of the index component strategies reported negative results for May. The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index provides daily published index values
