Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up 2.35 per cent in July, based on 62 per cent of assets reporting.

The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 3.37 per cent in July and it up 15.50 per cent year-to-date, according to Hennessee Group, a consultant and adviser to direct investors in hedge

Global exchange-traded fund assets hit an all time high of USD862bn at the end of July 2009, seven per cent above the previous all time high of USD805bn set in April 2008, according to

A survey of over 150 senior figures surveyed within the UK pensions and investment industries reveals that nearly three quarters of respondents (74 per cent) believe pension funds will

Indian equity markets are showing signs of recovery, with equity market capitalization expected to exceed 2008 levels in 2009 at USD1.9trn, according to a report by Celent.

London Technology Fund, an investor in new technology companies, has completed an investment in Novacem, a start-up company developing a carbon-negative cement.

Castlestone Management, a boutique New York and London asset manager, has published research from a University of Maastricht professor showing that art is an investable asset class.

The decline in external debt exposures of G7 and emerging countries could come at the cost of economic growth, according to Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors.

The European property derivatives market at June 2009 was pricing a -12.5 per cent total return for the year 2009, or a -19.5 per cent capital fall, assuming a seven per cent income ret