Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC, a Newport Beach, California-based asset manager affiliated with Peter Schiff’s brokerage firm, Euro Pacific Capital, has launched the EuroPac Hard Asset Fund. The fund, which will trade under the symbol EPHAX, is the fifth fund
With significant dollars poised to flow into hedge funds in 2012, managers must address investor transparency and liquidity concerns to take advantage of new funding opportunities, according to the fifth annual global study released today by SEI, in collaboration with
British Virgin Islands-based law firm Harneys has announced the expansion of its regulatory group with the recruitment of Aki Corsoni-Husain from t
By James Williams – It’s no exaggeration to say that Ireland, as a jurisdiction, punches above its weight. According to the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA), the total asset value of funds domiciled in Ireland, as of May 2011, was
Leading institutional and private investors in the Middle East have long been an important source of capital for some of the world’s biggest and longest-established hedge fund managers, and the reg
Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund management firm, says it plans to take legal action over its exposure to the fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff.
Global Advisors, a specialist commodity hedge fund manager, has announced changes to the terms of its Global Commodity Systematic Fund to enhance the liquidity available to investors.
Chicago Board Options Exchange is to list a Mini-SPX Index option (XSP) contract with a new PM-settlement feature beginning on 5 November. CBOE's Mini-SPX Index options are one-tenth the value of the S&P 500 Index options (SPX), which are based
Exotix, a London-based broker specialising in illiquid and frontier emerging markets, has expanded its New York operation with the appointment of Ashley Bendell as associate director of eq
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether traders spread rumours in order to manipulate share prices and has ordered more than two dozen hedge funds to submit trading
