Matrix has launched a closed-ended version of its open-ended Asset Based 2 Fund, which was was launched in August and was up 0.64 per cent in its first month, despite August being one of t
AIP Mutual Funds, whose flagship Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund was launched in September 2002, is celebrating its fifth anniversary having topped USD650m in assets and comprehensively beate
Highland Funds Asset Management has launched the Highland Dividend Equity Fund (ticker:HDFAX). Brookmont Capital Management, LLC (Brookmont) will serve as the fund’s sub-advisor. The Highland Dividend Equity Fund will employ a strategy of individual common stocks that seeks to provide
Hedge funds lost 0.38% in December, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index was down 5.37% at the end of 2011. “Equity markets started the month with a sell-off, and then went on to rally
Perella Weinberg Partners has acquired Xerion Capital Partners, a New York-based investment manager that focuses on distressed credit and special situations investments.
US private equity firm JC Flowers is said to have secured GBP15bn of funding from other banks to buy battered UK mortgage bank Northern Rock. It wants to keep the bank as a single entity.
London & Capital Investment Advisors, the US investment arm of UK-based wealth manager London & Capital, has launched six new absolute return investment vehicles, the Loncap range
By Simon Gray – At a time when an uncertain economic environment and financial climate is forcing existing investment fund managers to rethink their tried and tested models, and newcomers to the industry are struggling to gain traction amid rising
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was in positive territory at the end of May in spite of a slightly negative performance of -0.55% during that month (+0.96% in 2012). Five Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in
Deutsche Bank’s structured funds division, db-X funds, has marked ten years in the structuring business by reaching over EUR10 billion in assets under management. “Innovation, transparency, cost efficiency – these are some of the attributes that we’ve built our success
