Alternative Advisors, a London based investment boutique, has launched the Castillon Diversified Fund, a regulated Ucits III multi-manager investment vehicle. The fund’s objective is to generate attractive absolute returns whilst ensuring that capital is preserved in any market condition by
Brevan Howard Asset Management has launched its first Ucits III fund, the Brevan Howard Absolute Return Bond Plus Fund.
Dechert plans to open an office in Dublin, making it one of a handful of international law firms to establish a presence in Ireland and the first major onshore transatlantic funds practice to do so in Dublin. The office will
Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, is partnering with ICE Data Services to provide a broad set of high-quality data and analytics to Linedata’s clients. Linedata’s strategy of combining technology, services, and
Matrix has launched its second Ucits III fund, the Matrix Lazard Opportunities Fund. The fund is managed by Matrix Money Management, which has appointed Lazard Asset Management as its sub investment manager. The Lazard Asset Management team, headed by Sean
Bandon Capital Management has launched Bandon Hedged Equity, a long-short equity strategy available to both accredited and non-accredited investors. The strategy seeks to provide exposure to domestic equity markets while minimising the effect of the directional movements of the market.
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined by 2.99 per cent in May, bringing its year-to-date return to 1.57 per cent. The S&P 500 decreased 8.20 per cent (-2.30 per cent YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 7.92 per cent
Traditional and alternative asset manager EquityStar Capital Management has formed an alliance with J.P. Morgan Securities for brokerage, trading and custodial services. EquityStar Capital Management is a multi-strategy investment and wealth advisory firm created to provide traditional and alternative asset
The hedge fund industry posted an estimated outflow of USD3.5bn, or 0.2 per cent of assets, in April 2010, the third outflow in five months, according to TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge. Strong performance has added USD338bn to hedge fund
PMA Capital Management, an Asian hedge fund manager, says three of its funds delivered positive returns in May. Within the equity strategy, the PMA Pathfinder Asia Equity Fund delivered positive returns of 1.6 per cent for May, bringing YTD returns
