JTC Group has opened a second representative office in the US, adding New York City to its presence in Miami. The New York office will operate as part of JTC Group Americas, headed up by managing director of the North
Singapore-based alternative asset manager Artradis Fund Management has announced the appointment of James Sweeney as a managing director and chief operating officer.
Headstart Advisers, an FSA-regulated hedge fund adviser, and Najy Nasser, its chief investment officer, have settled their dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission relatin
The BlueCrest AllBlue fund returned 1.99 per cent for the six month period to 30 June, 2011, according to results released by the company. During the first half of the year BlueCrest Capital International, with its focus on interest rate
Gottex Fund Management has reported strong performance from its core products in the six month period ended 30 June 2014. The firm’s bond substitution product, the alternative credit product, returned +4.9 per cent; its portable alpha multi index product +11.8
Managed futures lost 1.31% in June according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Barclay CTA Index is down 1.51%. Seven of Barclay’s eight CTA indices had losses in June. The Barclay Diversified Traders Index dropped 2.24%,
Apex Fund Services has named Bill Salus as chief executive officer with immediate effect. Salus will take over day-to-day running of Apex from current CEO Peter Hughes, who becomes chairman. Hughes founded Apex 10 years ago. Salus, based
Redwood Asset Management, a Toronto-based investment fund manager focused on partnering with boutique investment managers to offer products to Canadians, has launched the Redwood Global Macro Class. The fund will seek to generate superior risk-adjusted returns with lower volatility and
Swiss hedge fund service provider, HedgePole, has launched two UCITS indices, reported FINalternatives this week.
Two senior US senators, Michigan Democrat Carl Levin and Iowa Republican Charles Grassley, have taken the first steps toward the inevitable introduction of regulation of US hedge funds and
