The Board of Directors of ALTIN AG , the Swiss alternative investment company, has decided not to propose to shareholders the transformation of the company into an open-end collective investment vehicle.   After a thorough assessment, it appears that, given

Just two of IndexIQ’s family of seven investable hedge fund indices recorded positive returns in January. The IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index and the IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index were the two positive performers last month with

Voltrex, a UK-based alternative investment and brokerage services specialist, has announced the expansion of its operations into Asia through a joint venture with the Power Capital Grou

TPG, the firm formerly known as Texas Pacific Group, has overtaken the Carlyle Group to become the largest private equity group in the world, according to Private Equity International.

Event driven was the best performing liquid alternative beta (LAB) strategy in 2013, finishing up 11 per cent due primarily to Russell 2000 and iBoxx High Yield Bond exposures, according to Credit Suisse Asset Management. The firm’s 2013 Liquid Alternative

Merlin Securities, a prime brokerage services and technology provider for hedge funds, funds of funds and long-only managers, has announced the formation of an equity sales coverage and

Global alternative asset management group Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex) returned to operating profitability in 2011, according to the group’s annual results for the year ended 31 December. Financial performance was in-line with current expectations with gross revenues of

V2 Capital, an SEC-registered investment advisor, has received a USD200m allocation from a Fortune 500 insurance company to the V2 Hedged Equity Strategy. The investment was allocated during the fourth quarter of 2013 and is now fully deployed in the

Hedgemedia Ltd, publisher of a range web sites providing news and comment spanning traditional and alternative investments, has launched HMHQ, a un