Third Point Offshore Investors Limited, a newly formed Guernsey incorporated and registered, closed-ended investment company, has announced the details of its initial public offering (IPO)
Credit Suisse has announced the establishment of a research partnership between its beta strategies group and professors William Fung, David Hsieh and Narayan Naik, academic leaders in the
GAM has launched the latest addition to its range of funds of hedge funds, GAM Multi-Diversified LV, which aims to deliver strong returns with low volatility and low beta over the longer t
The US House of Representatives is poised to vote again on the bill that would authorise the government to buy up to USD700bn in toxic mortgage ass
Long/short equity managers who maintained a cautious stance through the recent market run-up appeared to be positioned to profit as markets shifted from cyclicals to defensives in June,
Jill Calton (pictured) is a managing director of the Alternative Investment Services division at UMB Fund Services. Over the past 12 months, the firm, which currently administers just north of USD31bn in alternative investment assets, has seen increasing inflows into credit
The international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume (ADV) of 10.0 million contracts in November (November 2010: 10.2 million). Of those, 7.2 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (November 2010: 7.2 million), and 2.8 million contracts (November
Swiss-based Partners Group, which manages nearly CHF25bn in hedge funds, private equity, real estate and other alternative strategies, has announced record financial results for 2007, incl
Ignis Asset Management has launched its latest absolute return strategy – the Ignis Global Macro Government Bond Fund. The fund, which has been seeded with GBP25m, has been registered in Luxembourg as a Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) and is
John Paulson is continuing to make hay while the financial storms rage.
