Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund advisory firm D5 Advisors has announced it has secured two new clients, each on a managed account platform with a promised capacity of USD50m.
F&C Alternative Investments has launched fund raising for its F&C Garnet Fund, a hedge fund that aims to achieve absolute returns by investing and trading in the foreign exchange v
Yahoo! is to repurchase 40 million shares of Yahoo! common stock beneficially owned by hedge fund Third Point at a purchase price of USD29.11 per share. The purchase price equals the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on 19
Yorkville Advisors, a private investment firm that specialises in structured finance and direct investments, has expanded its operations to Athens and Tokyo through a joint venture with Ax
Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management (CFAM), a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, has acquired California-based Fintan Partners, a fixed income absolute return fund of hedge funds. Fintan, led by founder Alexander Klikoff, will become part of Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management (CFAM).
Dr Vladimir Tikhomirov, Chief Economist at BCS Financial Group comments on the rouble’s recent fall to a new low… Hopes that the Minsk summit and the first direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents would open the way for
Lyxor Asset Management has expanded its range of ETFs available on the London Stock Exchange with the launch of four new European equity products: – LYXOR UCITS ETF FTSE Developed Europe ex UK – LYXOR UCITS ETF CAC 40 –
RWC Partners, which recently changed its name from MPC Investors, has announced the recruitment of Carmel Peters and Kirsty McLaren from Sofaer Cap
US-based Ansbacher Investment Management plans to launch an equity index variance swap strategy in the third quarter of this year to take advantage of the persistent overpricing of broad-b
KKR & Co has acquired a 24.9 per cent interest in BlackGold Capital Management, a credit-oriented hedge fund specialising in energy and hard asset investments. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Established in 2006 by co-founders
