Just weeks before the launch of HedgeCoVest, its new liquid alternatives platform, HedgeCo has secured a new strategic investment from GEMS Kenmar-Olympia Group. Over the past decade, HedgeCo has built a broad suite of services for hedge funds, including capital
Hedge funds assets are expected to surpass USD3 trillion by year end 2015, growing a further 7%, according to Deutsche Bank’s 13th annual Alternative Investment Survey. Deutsche Banks’ Global Prime Finance business polled the views of 435 hedge fund investors,
The US credit default swap market remained characterised by further widening throughout the course of last month, extending the gradual decline in creditworthiness that began in late summer 2009, according to a report by GFI Group. Risk aversion trades appear
Horacio Valeiras, Managing Director, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management and CIO, Allianz Global Investors Management Partners, looks back at 2009 and outlines his views on 2010. History will remember the first decade of 21st Century as when we saw the first signs
Columbia Management has launched the Columbia Mortgage Opportunities Fund (CLMZX), an open-end fund which will invest across a full range of mortgage-related and other structured securities. The fund is managed by Jason Callan, head of structured assets, and Tom Heuer,
The S&P GSCI increased 1.52 per cent in November led by the precious metals sector which gained 13.53 per cent, according to figures from Standard & Poor’s. Year-to-date through November, the S&P GSCI is up 12.51 per cent. “Commodity
The value of investment funds in Guernsey grew by GBP12bn, or seven per cent, in the third quarter of 2009, according to figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. This is a reverse of the trend experienced during the previous
Eze Castle Integration has expanded its Information Security Consulting Service to help firms satisfy the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cybersecurity guidelines. Eze Castle Integration’s experienced consultants will create Written Information Security Policies (WISP) for clients that address the administrative
October results for the absolute return and hedge fund sector in Australia were generally flat, but this still represents outperformance of around two per cent when compared with equity markets, according to Australian Fund Monitors. There was the usual diversification
SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has been appointed by The Archstone Partnerships to handle the fund administration and accounting for its funds of hedge funds. Archstone has selected SS&C Fund Services as their sole
