Prime Management has been appointed as administrator to both the CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd and the CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd. Both funds are dedicated vehicles to allow participation by investors in the collateralised reinsurance market. The Opportunities Fund,
Commodities benefited from an uptick in global growth momentum in January. Nelson Louie, global head of commodities in Credit Suisse’s asset management business, says: "Commodities increased in January, against the backdrop of a continued gradual improvement in global growth momentum,
Since the introduction of Xetra MidPoint six months ago, trading activities and liquidity in this closed Xetra order book where orders are executed
Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (has been confirmed as +2.90% in December and +10.95% YTD. "The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index rose 2.90% in December, with nine out of ten sectors posting
London-based Hedge Fund Manager Occitan Capital Partners has selected Options IT as its technology infrastructure provider. Set up in Q4 of 2010 by Thomas de Garidel-Thoron and Hervé Gallo, Occitan Capital Partners provides fundamental long/short investing across the entire spectrum
Hedge fund investors redeemed a net USD14.2bn in 2012, reversing a USD50.7bn inflow to the industry in 2011, according to a report from TrimTabs and BarclayHedge based on data from 3,492 funds. Hedge fund redemptions hit a 44-month high of
Petrolheads can now own a share of some of the world’s rarest and most desirable collector’s cars through IGA Automobile LP. The new Guernsey-registered fund, believed to be the first of its type in the world, aims to deliver significant
Hedge fund industry assets are up slightly from their peak in Q3 2008, however the average fee paid on industry assets has declined much more than reported in industry surveys, which typically show that the stated fee of the average
Hedge funds are likely to see at least USD50bn of new allocations before the end of 2009 as investors begin re-deploying the cash balances built up defensively during the recent market
Hedge funds finished 2010 on a high according to the latest figures published by Edhec with all bar one (Short Selling, down 5.46%) of the strategies in the EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes recording positive figures. Year to date figures were also
