In a robust critique of a recent paper by the public interest group Finance Watch (Investing Not Betting: Making Financial Markets Serve Society,” April 2012), EDHEC-Risk Institute has taken issue with a number of positions that this paper deems to
Altana Wealth is opening the Altana Distressed Assets Fund (ADAF) managed by founder and CIO Lee Robinson, to outside investors. Robinson has a 14 year audited track record of managing money successfully particularly in bear markets and he has personally
Dominicus Freiherr von Mentzingen has joined Swedish-based quantitative manager Informed Portfolio Management in an advisory role to lead the firm’s expansion into German-speaking Europe.<
UMB Fund Services has launched a platform geared to the servicing needs of registered funds of hedge funds in the US, offering a technol
The legislative proposal Level 2 draft of the EU-wide AIFM Directive was released at the end of May, and it looks increasingly likely that hedge funders are going to bear the financial brunt of appointing a depositary bank. Under the
NYSE Euronext has announced the launch of Prime Source, an independent valuation service supported by a web-based technical infrastructure
Fidessa group, which provides multi-asset financial trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, investment compliance, market data and global connectivity solutions to brokers and inves
Lyxor Asset Management and Koris International are teaming up to design investment solutions for distribution across Europe based on funds available on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (MAP). The partnership combines Lyxor’s MAP, which applies liquidity and systematic risk control
Hedge funds, as measured by the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished June down 1.66 per cent, with two out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated outflows of approximately USD1.09bn in June, bringing
Investment Technology Group, a provider of technology-based trading services and transaction research, is adding Posit Alert, a new indications-based facility that seeks out crossing oppor
