Absolute Capital Management, the Majorca-based, London-listed hedge fund manager that was hit by heavy redemption requests and a catastrophic collapse in its share price following the acri
Analysts at London-based Kepler Partners, whose research on UCITS funds is presented on the website Absolutehedge.com, have concluded that the UCITS version of Hugh Hendry’s Eclectica Absolute Macro fund has been a bit of a mixed bag. Having only produced
Schroders has launched the Schroder GAIA Cat Bond on its UCITS platform. GAIA (Global Alternative Investor Access) is a regulated platform for UCITS funds designed to give investors easier access to hedge funds. The new fund invests globally in
San Francisco-based TLB Capital Management has announced plans to merge with Morrison & Frazier Investment Management from nearby Lafayette in January next year in a move that will bri
Last Atlantis Capital Management, based in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, and Jerry Considine, a former head currency trader at Tudor Investment, have joined forces to launch the LACM
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) has announced that an additional USD190m of capacity is being made available in the Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity Fund, which was launched in July 2005, soft
Park Square Capital, LLP, the London-based credit products investment adviser, has launched Europe’s largest Credit Opportunities Fund by equity commitments.
Avoca Capital has launched a long-only convertible bond fund, Avoca Convertible Select Global, a UCITS compliant Luxembourg SICAV offering daily liquidity. This follows Avoca’s move in November 2011 to further extend its product offering and partner with an experienced
Man Investments has launched a new investment management subsidiary specialising in financing environmentally-related projects, Man Environmental Capital Opportunities, which seeks to capi
FundAssist, an international service provider to the asset manager industry covering hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and UCITS funds, has added to its team with two management appointments. Philip McKee, product development manager, has joined the senior management team focusing
