Boutique alternative investment specialist Hatteras Funds has added two single strategy hedged mutual funds to its lineup of innovative alternative mutual fund products. The Hatteras Long/Short Equity Fund (Tickers: A Share – HLSAX; I Share – HLSIX) and the
Investment organisations will need sophisticated operating capabilities that support their business strategies if they want to be competitive in an increasingly complex industry, according to a report by SEI. "A number of trends make the asset management business far more
PineBridge Investments is the new brand name of the asset management and investment advisory business that is being sold by American International Group. The re-branding marks the beginning of a new era for the firm as it transitions into an
Hedge fund managers have two options when looking to bring a regulated fund product to Europe. The first is to go the UCITS route, the second is to establish an AIF, under the much more recent AIFM Directive, which is
Virtus Investment Partners has launched three multi-manager alternative mutual funds that will employ a range of hedge fund and alternative strategies. The aim is to provide individual investors the opportunity to more fully diversify their portfolios for improved consistency of
Luxembourg-based Fuchs Asset Management is not your typical AIFM provider. Its heritage is firmly rooted in wealth management. Having now grown into a team exceeding 100 people, it took the decision to diversify its offering and set up an AIFMD-compliant
The international derivatives exchange Eurex has launched its new system Release 12. Among the most important changes coming with the release are two links to other international exchanges, further improvements in clearing, new functionalities for trading, and partly new programmed
Almost 80 per cent of institutional investors believe hedge fund fees are too high, according to the 2010 Preqin Hedge Fund Investor Review. Several prominent hedge fund investors, notably Calpers, have publicly called on hedge fund managers over the course
The Palmer Square Emerging Manager Fund, LP has provided USD25 million of capital for a seed investment with Millstreet Capital Management LLC, a long/short credit hedge fund manager. In addition to securing strategic investment capital, the relationship provides Millstreet with access
“I was in Chicago recently. A German pension fund said they had a USD500m allocation in a Chicago-based fund. They wanted to know that they could continue having a relationship with the manager and they said that having the depositary
