Merlin Securities, a San Francisco-based provider of prime brokerage services and technology to hedge funds, funds of funds and long-only managers,
Brown Advisory, an independent investment management firm with approximately USD25 billion in client assets, has added a new mutual fund, the Brown Advisory Tactical Bond Fund, to its established family of funds. The new Tactical Bond Fund officially launched on
Jersey has extended its funds regime through the introduction of the Private Placement Fund to widen the choice available to investors. Private Placement Funds are closed ended funds available to a limited number of sophisticated institutional or professional investors. Similar
“Each of our funds is a niche product where we’re trying to resolve a specific issue that investors face,” notes Sandy Rattray, the CIO of Man Systematic Strategies (Man SS), as he outlines the business structure of Man Group’s newest
It’s official. The British economy has gone for a Burton, says Marcus Bullus, trading director at MB Capital… The Government and the Bank of England needed a sharp shock. They just got it. With inflation proving far stickier than expected,
Jay Gould, partner with law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, says the SEC’s recent decision to charge three investment advisers over compliance failures sends a ‘clear signal’ that the regulator is ‘serious about adviser compliance’… On November 28, 2011, the
“The US house crash was evidence enough for me that the house market still lacked sufficient information. People weren’t able to see that a housing bubble had formed until it was too late,” says Allan Weiss, co-founder of the Case
GLG Ore Hill, a credit-focused, event-driven hedge fund and structured product manager based in New York, has raised USD200 million for a large institutional client’s credit mandate. As of 1 September, 2011, GLG Ore Hill has USD1.7 billion in funds
Heightened vigilance of hedge funds is now essential to ensure the stability of the financial system and managers need to step up their self-monitoring efforts, according to a guide to bes
Altegris is to launch a new "R" share class on 1 May designed exclusively for registered investment advisors (RIAs) seeking to invest in high-quality private placement hedge funds to add diversification to their clients’ portfolios. "The launch of these "R"
