Privalto UK, part of BNP Paribas, has announced the launch of the Privalto Millenium Tracker Fund.

The historical trend of hedge funds acquiring talent from financial institutions could be reversed going into 2011, as new regulations for alternatives come into play. Banks are now seen by many as a more stable option, according to headhunting firm

Czarnikow, the UK’s second oldest sugar trader, has advised Rio Vermelho, a Brazilian ethanol producer, on Glencore’s acquisition of a 76 per cent equity participation. The deal value was greater than USD80m.   Czarnikow, through its corporate finance division, was

Citi’s prime finance division has launched a business advisory practice, combining hedge fund industry research and thought leadership with consulting services. The business advisory practice is designed to support hedge fund clients by partnering with them through all phases of

Integrated Asset Management, an Aim-listed alternative investment group, has signed a conditional agreement to sell the majority of its fund of hedge funds business to Sal.

The world’s hedge fund industry employs an estimated 300,000 people, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association.  Aima produced the figures after surveying its members internationally. Aima has more than 1,200 corporate members in more than 40 countries. Its hedge

NYSE Euronext says that in the first quarter of 2009, European derivatives average daily trading volume was 3.8 million contracts, a decrease of 17.0 per cent compared to the first quar

The European Private Equity and Venture Capital has expressed concern that the European Union’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers, of which a draft was published yesterd

Institutional investors are turning to commodities to provide absolute returns and are employing active strategies to do so, according to a survey of more than 300 attendees at Barclays Capital’s sixth annual US Commodities Investor Conference this week. Absolute returns