Joanne Murphy, SVP Head of Sales, Asia-Pacific, Alternative Fund Services, HSBC, Hong Kong, outlines manager and investor trends in Australia. HW: What

London-based Coronation Fund Managers has concluded a distribution agreement with the Switzerland-based hedge fund provider Absolute Plus Zurich AG. According to th

Schroders has recruited research analysts Naveed Chaudhry and Jean-Pierre du Plessis to join its London-based fund of hedge funds business. Chaudhary and du Plessis

Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC has added a third-party system to its multi-strategy discipline to enhance risk measurement, reporting and analysis. The new i

Randall Dillard outlines the background and thinking that underpins the launch of Liongate’s Multi-Strategy Fund. HW: What is the background to the comp

Michael Wexler’s Maple Leaf Capital is preparing to launch the Macro Volatility Fund to external investors on 1 November 2004. Wexler, CIO of the 2-year old firm sa

The Relative Value Arbitrage Index recorded a marginal gain (0.08%) as all the other HFRX indices headed south this week. The worst loser was the Equity Hedge Index

Permal Group, the funds of hedge funds manager, has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch to conduct a strategic review of its business. Permal, which oversees about

Stephen Gibson has joined Cardinal Asset Management to work with Phillip Wale on the launch of its multi-strategy equity hedge fund. Gibson said: “Phillip Wale and

Liongate Capital Management has entered the hedge fund market with the launch of a high return fund of hedge funds, Liongate Multi-Strategy Fund. In their first fiv