Richard Bookbinder, a hedge fund industry veteran and managing member of Bookbinder Capital Management, has co-written a book on hedge fund of funds investing. Co-authored with hedge funds author Daniel Strachman, Fund of Funds Investing: A Roadmap to Portfolio Diversification,
Ronald Paterson, partner at international law firm Eversheds. comments on concern expressed by AIMA this week over the AIFM Directive. The potential consequences of getting this directive wrong, range from the unthinkable – a trade war with
Deutsche Bank’s managed account platform has created a dedicated sales team to capitalise on the growth in investor demand for alternative ways to access hedge funds. Daniel Caplan (pictured) will be heading up the new team in addition to
Crystal & Company, a risk and insurance advisor, has been named Best North America Insurance Provider at the 4th Annual Hedgeweek USA Awards. Bringing together the top names in the US hedge fund industry to celebrate the achievements of the
Hedge funds investing in emerging markets reversed sharp 2008 losses with strong gains in 2009, as the HFRI Emerging Markets (Total) Index gained 40.4 per cent for the year, according to data released by Hedge Fund Research. This rate of
Hedge funds lost 0.29 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Stocks sold off after having rallied early in the month, with the S&P 500 dropping 3.60 per cent in Januar. The Barclay
Five out of six of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable hedge fund beta indices recorded positive performance in May. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform, was down 0.4 per cent in January. The month was split in two halves. During the first three weeks of the month, risky assets rallied,
SEI has been selected by Fred Alger Management to provide operations outsourcing services for the firm’s separately managed account business. The deal is the latest in a series of recent high profile client wins for SEI in the separately managed
The net asset value of Castle Alternative Invest rose 12.6 per cent in 2009 in US dollar terms, according to lead portfolio manager Thomas Weber of LGT Capital Partners. In its 13 year history the company has a delivered 11
