SkyBridge Capital, which provides strategic capital to new and early-stage hedge funds, has announced that more than 500 asset managers and investors and other industry thought leaders
John Budzyna has joined Deutsche Bank Securities, the investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank in the US, as a managing director within the global prime finance business, wit
Interactive Data, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, has announced that it intends to acquire the majority of NTT Data Financial from NTT Data for JPY1
Assets for large new hedge fund launches declined significantly in the US in 2008 as hedge funds suffered their worst-ever year for performance, a survey has found.
The recent fixings of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) caused the Chinese Renminbi to depreciate one per cent over one week. This has raised worries about the forecast of a continued, long-term, structural currency appreciation in China, says Asoka Wöhrmann,
Highland Credit Strategies Fund has completed the merger of Highland Distressed Opportunities into HCF Acquisition, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HCF.
Last weekend German news magazine Focus reported that Daimler, the maker of Mercedes Benz cars, could be the target of a hedge fund bid after banks had supposedly informed the company that
Financial public relations agency Dukas Public Relations (DPR) has launched a social media practice group. The group will serve the growing need for social media counsel and digital strategy by asset management and financial services companies. DPR represents
Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research has launched the HFRX Diversity Index, a benchmark designed to reflect the performance of the segment of the US hedge fund management industry owned by wo
Gaim International, the annual get-together of the global hedge fund industry, took place in Monaco this week against a backdrop of continuing fallout from the credit crisis that was trigg
