Fortis Prime Fund Solutions (FPFS) has been appointed administrator to the Farema Fund, a new fund launched by industry veteran Emanuele Antonaci. FPFS will provide the full suite of fund accounting services to Farema, as well as investor and
Nicola Marinelli (pictured), portfolio manager at Glendevon King Asset Management, on the ECB’s decision to cut interest rates, the ongoing difficulties in Greece and potential problems in Italy…
 Exactly when the major equity markets were expected to officially enter a
Cairn Capital, the London based credit asset management and advisory firm, has assumed management of the Credaris Credit Fund, which pursues a liquid long-short strategy in European corporate credit. Cairn and Credaris, the credit-specialist asset manager, have agreed that the
Analyst Hub, an independent research infrastructure platform company that provides talented sell-side analysts a path to owning their own enterprises, has added FFTT (Forest for the Trees) a boutique research and investment strategy firm that produces unique macroeconomic and thematic
Joachim Gottschalk, chairman and chief executive of Gottex Fund Management, will tell shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting today that its core market neutral and portable alpha strategies outperformed their relevant indices and benchmarks by substantial margins in 2009.
Alternative investment advisory firm Central Park Group, which provides private clients and smaller institutional investors with access to hedge funds, private equity, real estate and fund
Keeley Asset Management has launched the Keeley Alternative Value Fund, which aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation as well as protect capital during adverse market conditions. The fund will be managed using an alternative strategy, combining the research experience of
The 2008 ban on short sales did not relieve the downward pressure on stock prices, according to a position paper by Abraham Lioui, professor of finance at Edhec Business School. The study found that the ban leads to a considerable
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 1.33% for the month of May. Dedicated short bias was on of just four of the 10 sub strategies to end the month in positive territory at 9.03%, while Long-Short
Transaction volume in the global asset management industry in the first quarter of 2010 declined significantly from 2009, but according to Jefferies’ financial institutions group M&A involving managers of alternative strategies and independent firms is on the rise. A record
