GAM is to acquire Arkos Capital SA, a Lugano-based investment manager with assets under management of CHF664million as at 31 December 2011 reported Reuters this week.
Chicago-based AlphaMetrix, a hedge fund specialist adviser connecting investors with alpha-driven fund managers, has conducted a survey in which it reveals tha
Recently acquired Man Group subsidiary, GLG, launched a UCITS III version of its Cayman Island-domiciled GLG North American Opportunity Fund this week, announced MRM-London.
The brains behind a computer model designed to run an option replication strategy for the Nordea 1 – Heracles Long/Short MI fund, Nader Purschaker, has left Met
Aquila Capital’s AC – Risk Parity Fund is fast establishing itself as one of the top performers in the market
Dublin-based independent asset management consultancy, Carne Global Financial Services, helped Aspect Capital launch the UCITS version of its flagship Aspect D
Cisco Systems Inc, Comcast Corp (Class A shares) and FedEx Corp have been added to the Dow Jones US Contrarian Opportunities Index. The index is designed to systematically measure the performance of stocks that lag behind the broader market in
2012 was a promising start for alternative UCITS funds with the UCITS Alternative Index Global gaining 1.37 per cent having fallen 3.64 per cent in 2011.
Total assets in Irish-domiciled funds have exceeded EUR1trillion, an all-time high, reflecting what Gary Palmer (pictured), Chief Executive of the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA)
A study released by Deutsche Bank’s Hedge Fund Capital Group this week has revealed that investors expect north of USD185billion to flow into UCITS III absolute return funds over the n
