The ability of institutions including insurance companies and pension schemes to invest in hedge funds and other alternative investments could be threatened by a European regulatory ruling

Havens Advisors, LLC, a New York-based hedge fund manager with approximately USD375 million under management, has added two executives to its experienced and well-established money managem

Blackstone Group has been recruited to save the teetering collateralized debt obligations businesses of Australian manager Basis Capital and US firm Bear Stearns Asset Management.

Ogier  has strengthened its Cayman law practice group with the appointment of Gordon Howorth and Daniel Smith to its London office.

With nearly 2,000 registered funds and a combined net asset value of around USD179bn, Bermuda is home to a thriving and dynamic offshore funds industry.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has authorised Eurex Deutschland’s futures contracts based on the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index and the Dow Jones STOXX Mid 200 Index for offer and

Private Advisors has appointed Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen as Chief Executive Officer of Private Advisors UK Limited as the firm looks to build its global private equity offering.

The hedge fund industry continued to see near-record inflows of new money in the second quarter of 2007, adding USD58.7 billion in assets during the period, according to data released toda

Hedge Fund Research Inc (HFR) has introduced five new indices designed to track the performance of hedge funds investing in Asian markets.

Former SEC commissioner Richard Y Roberts has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Cornell Capital Partners Offshore, a private investment firm specialising in structured finance an