AsianInvestor this week reported that Joe Chan’s Galaxy Asset Management, one of Hong Kong’s longest running hedge funds, had decided to shutter its China Absolute Return Ucits hedge fund just 19 months after inception. The fund, which at the time
Neptune Investment Management is to launch the Neptune Global Long/Short Sector Fund on 1 November 2011. Neptune is known for the proprietary global sector research process that is central to the management of all its funds. Based on this research,
Citco Corporate & Trust has reached an agreement to acquire Société Européenne de Banque’s (SEB) Corporate Management Services business. SEB plans to focus on its core banking activities. SEB is the Luxembourg establishment of Intesa Sanpaolo Banking Group, Italy’s leading
Simon Brazier (pictured), Threadneedle Investments’ Head of UK Equities, has commenced managing
Investec Asset Management is planning to launch a UCITS-compliant global equity contrarian fund
Krishna Kumar, Ade Odunsi and Treesdale Partners have formed Goose Hollow Capital Advisors to run two FX investment strategies, FX Global Income Access and Commodity Producers Currency Access. Kumar and Odunsi are veterans of the FX business with a combined
Norton Rose (Middle East) has advised Baer Capital Partners on the establishment of the Beacon India Alpha Equity Fund, an open-ended Mauritius-domiciled investment fund that will invest in In
German asset management firm, Fortinbras Asset Management, this week announced the launch of a new UCITS fund in conjunction with Deutsche Bank.
Ireland has ushered in its first Malaysian-managed fund platform this week.
US hedge fund Independence Capital Asset Partners (ICAP) has launched an onshore UCITS-compliant version of its flagship fund in conjunction with Swiss f
