Coherence Capital Partners, a New York-based asset manager and advisory firm focused on the fixed income markets, has hired Michael Cannon as a senior portfolio manager and partner. Prior to Coherence Capital Cannon spent 16 years at UBS Investment Bank,
Finles Capital Management, the Dutch funds of funds manager, says the hedge fund strategy it launched late last year to capture investment opportunities arising from the credit crisis is o
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe has expanded its European credit fixed income team with the appointment of Franz Bucher as managing director in London. Bucher will focus on high yield, distressed debt and special situations, and on expanding Cantor's presence in German-speaking
The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge funds in the Morningstar hedge fund database, fell 2.3% for the month of September, compared to a decline of 8.6% for the MSCI World NR Stock
The acceleration of the global financial and economic crises in October contributed to continuing losses in the hedge fund industry, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index falling nea
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Michael J Osnato, Jr as chief of the enforcement division unit that conducts investigations into complex financial instruments. Osnato, who joined the SEC staff in 2008 and has served as an assistant director
The French and German governments have been urging action for months to tackle what they see as a lack of constraints on hedge funds and their managers that has contributed to the global c
Axa Investment Managers has announced that its fund of hedge funds, Axa Alternative Premium, celebrated its third anniversary at the end of September 2008.
Kuwait-based Global Investment House says that following the court-ordered suspension of the Kuwait Stock Exchange last week, the national authorities need to act decisively to restore inv
Fritz Thomas has joined Oak Hill Advisors in New York as a managing director, where he will help lead the firm’s business development and client coverage activities.
