As established hedge fund strategies suffer from the fallout of the US sub-prime debacle and the credit crunch, some managers are adjusting their investment approach, typified by the growi
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business, is to launch its first alternative investment-focused mutual fund that offers daily liquidity. BAAM, which is the world’s largest discretionary allocator to hedge funds and has approximately USD49bn under
Newedge, the joint venture created from the merger of the brokerage businesses of Société Générale and Crédit Agricole’s Calyon investment banking divisi
Sunofia Capital Management, an asset management firm specialising in systematic strategies, plans to launch a market neutral strategy. The strategy will initially invest in European and Japanese liquid equities and will subsequently add liquid North American and global stocks.
Heidrick & Struggles International, an executive search and leadership consulting firm, has added four executives from Schwab Enterprise, a boutique firm specialising in executive plac
In any market, the longer a sustained bull run continues, the lower the average quality of a manager becomes.
Steven O’Hanlon, Head of Fixed Income at ACPI Investment Managers comments on the latest RBI figures… The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is to tighten domestic market liquidity through various measures including capping the amount of liquidity available at the
Investcorp’s US-based hedge fund business and Kortright Capital Partners, a New York-based investment manager led by co-founders Matthew Taylor and Ty Popplewell, have formed a strategic partnership to provide Kortright stable growth capital while offering Investcorp and its investors access
The Central Bank of Bahrain has granted a licence to Bermuda-based Apex Fund Services to establish operations in the Gulf emirate, its second office in the region, just weeks after the fun
SuperDerivatives, a provider of options pricing and a multi-asset derivatives platform for revaluation and risk management, has announced that hedge fund administrator Columbus Avenue Cons
