Shore provides tax break for UK hedge fund investors
Shore Capital is launching an innovative vehicle providing UK taxpayers with tax efficient participation in hedge funds and other altern
Shore Capital is launching an innovative vehicle providing UK taxpayers with tax efficient participation in hedge funds and other altern
Newly formed Saggezza Investment Management, LLC (SIM) is planning to launch its first fund of hedge funds in June 2006.

Itarle, a provider of high-performance, best execution services, algorithmic execution and analytics services to trading venues, has appointed James Thorpe as Regional Manager of its Chicago office to further boost its presence across North America. Thorpe joins Itarle from Clear
Using Monte Carlo analysis to explore the limitations of drawdown statistics in comparing active currency indices. Downside risk measures have received renewed attention recently. The most frequently quoted statistic of that sort within the hedge funds world is probably maximum
Broadstone Fund Management, part of the Dublin-based Broadstone Capital Group, is preparing to launch two hedge fund strategies
Strong inflows have prompted Stenham to close its Universal II fund and to open a new multi-strategy fund.
NYSE Amex options, one of NYSE Euronext’s two US options exchanges, has appointed Steve Crutchfield as chief executive officer. In this newly-created role, Crutchfield will be responsible for the day-to-day management of NYSE Amex options, and upon receiving SEC approval
UK-based Neptune Investment Management, an independent boutique established in 2002 and which currently runs over GBP7billion in assets, has selected SunGard’s APT, a leading risk mana

Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk analytics and portfolio construction solutions, has added a new Europe equity factor risk model (EU4) to its next-generation Equity Factor Risk Model suite. The new model provides institutions investing in Europe with region-specific
Russell Investment Group (Russell) has appointed two new associates to its Amsterdam office, directors Michiel Faber and Henk Radder.