The 2007 US Trust Survey of Affluent Americans, which focuses this year on a higher net worth demographic, highlights the need for continued investor education around alternative investmen
NY-based VanthedgePoint Group, Inc., an integrated financial services firm catering to emerging hedge funds, and G Squared Group Asset Management, a money management boutique, have launche
Man Investments has launched a new capital guaranteed product in its Man AP family.
The US Futures Exchange (USFE) has announced a new futures product to let investors take a position on the fate of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), which has received merger proposals fr
James Shipton, Head of Goldman Sach’s Asian Hedge Fund Consultancy Business, part of the company’s Prime Brokerage Department, has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of AIMA Hong Kong/China
Bear, Stearns International Limited has named Paul Brannan and Andrew Jamieson European Heads of Prime Brokerage and Equity Finance respectively.
Paris-based HDF Finance, one of Europe’s leading independent fund of hedge funds, revealed this week that assets under management have passed the USD 4 billion mark, reaching USD 4.2 billi
Rye Brook, NY-based Kenmar is to launch the Kenmar Global ECO Fund SPC Limited, a socially responsible investment vehicle. Investors are increasingly favoring corporate practices that are environmentally responsible, support workplace diversity, and increase product safety and quality. The Fund’s
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has produced a new set of illustrative due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for use by those investing in or servicing the hedge fun
ICAP plc, the world’s largest inter-dealer broker, has launched i-Sec, a new electronic trading platform for securities lending, which provides screen-based access to the securities lendin
