London-based hedge fund manager Polar Capital has appointed Alastair Smith, who was until recently head of European and Middle East hedge fund sales at Société Gén&eac
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, is enhancing its Peer Insights product with data from eVestment, a provider of institutional investment data and analytics. Peer Insights, designed for the buy-side, provides objective factor-by-factor comparisons between
Assets invested in hedge funds focused on Asia fell by 10 percent from USD111bn to USD100bn during the first quarter of 2008, a period in which global financial markets declined broadly an
Early stage managers are better positioned to benefit from current market conditions, according to Jeroen Tielman, chief executive and founder of IMQubator, a multi-strategy hedge fund incubation platform. Citing a new report from PerTrac, Impact of Size and Age on
The market for European Union carbon dioxide emission allowances, operated jointly by the European Energy Exchange and derivatives exchange Eurex, saw a new daily record set with the tradi
Despite its clear advantages, Gibraltar remains largely a well-kept secret.
NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange and the Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam exchanges, has agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange in a deal that creates an undisputed
Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors (CFIA) plans to assume the investment management responsibilities for the fund of hedge funds products of Coast Asset Management. CFIA is currently performing investment management services pursuant to a sub-advisory arrangement with Coast Asset Management. Upon
The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association has launched an updated version of its Offshore Alternative Fund Directors’ Guide, first published in June 2005, as the lates
Walkers, the Cayman Islands-based offshore law firm, has reported that 2007 was the strongest single year ever for the firm’s growth and has announced the promotion to partner of nine asso
