By James Williams – “Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.” Thomas A Edison. On 1 March 2013, Swiss fund managers awoke to a new dawn. Overnight, they had gone from operating in a market
Eight of Newedge’s 11 hedge fund indices showed positive performance during March. The Newedge Trend Index increased 1.89 per cent in March, followed by the Newedge CTA Index, which gained 1.29 per cent. The Newedge Trend Index and Newedge
Blackthorn Investment Group has received the 2010 Lipper Award of Excellence for the best equity market hedge fund in North America and the 2010 Lipper Award of Excellence for the best equity market hedge fund in the offshore division. This
Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services has merged with MadisonGrey to create a hedge fund administrator with combined assets under administration of over USD7bn. This increased size will enable servicing of funds onshore in the US through the Atlanta office, as well
Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in ID’s SAS (Investors Derivatives solutions), a Paris based company specialised in providing online technology solutions to the financial markets’ buy- and sell-side firms. Deutsche Börse is extending its positioning in the
Last year one of the biggest themes was that Europe didn’t get fixed, yet it was provided with so much liquidity that it was inflated out of its existing stress levels,” says Fraser Lundie (pictured), who runs the credit desk
The hedge fund industry has largely rebounded from the financial crisis and is responding readily to investor requests for greater transparency, according to a report published by Ernst & Young. Investors expect greater transparency and agree with most hedge fund
Most UK-based hedge funds support the industry’s best practice standards but remain uncommitted to signing up to them, according to a survey by UK-based consultancy and professional ser
Graham Stock (pictured), chief strategist at Insparo Asset Management comments on China-Africa relations ahead of the China-Africa Business Summit… “China is a source of valuable inward investment for Africa and will remain a long-term source of demand for African exports.
Hedge funds gained 1.12 per cent in March, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 3.96 per cent year to date, and has enjoyed ten straight months of gains. “The mid-month
