New Forests, an investment management firm specialising in timberland and associated eco products, has closed the largest timberland fund in Australia this year on the back of major restructuring of forestry investment in the region in 2010.  New Forests’ AUD500m

Headlines about the ongoing crisis in financial markets have been difficult to ignore and problems at specific hedge funds have formed part of the unfolding story.

Luxembourg-based European Fund Administration has acquired a 34% stake in the Italian fund services provider Servizi and will become the majority shareholder during 2009, subject to app

Not much more than a year ago, private equity players dominated the front pages, until the credit crunch began and the leverage fuelling the buyout industry to a large extent dried up.

Emerging markets hedge funds experienced a net withdrawal of USD1.5bn in the second quarter of 2010, according to figures released by Hedge Fund Research, a provider of hedge fund industry data.  This represents the second consecutive quarter, and the seventh

Caledonian Global Fund Services has appointed John Peterson as head of sales and marketing in the US for its Chicago-based subsidiary, Caledonian Fund Services (USA), with responsibility f

Bramdean Asset Management, a London-based alternative investment manager, and Cutting Edge Music Holdings, a provider of music to the film industry, have announced the completion of a