Coastal Partners is to launch a new long-short strategy fund, the Coastal Partners Energy Opportunity Fund, on 1 May. The fund, which will be managed by Wayne Nord
Ampere Capital management has appointed Richard Joslin as chief financial officer with effect from March 2005. Joslin moves to Ampere Capital after six years at Peq
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index slumped 2.19 per cent in the volatile month of October, bringing year-to-date returns down to -2.08 per cent. The MSCI AC World Index (Local) declined 7.33 per cent in what turned out to be the
Following a slightly challenging September period, CTAs reported negative performance in October, according to data released by Societe Generale. All CTAs entered into negative territory, both for the month and YTD, with the SG CTA Index down 2.79 per cent
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -2.07 per cent in October, largely underperforming the 1.04 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) has made a strategic investment in alternative investments platform iCapital Network.
Teneo Partners has become the first foreign registered alternative investment specialist to be granted a securities sales agency licence by Japan’s FSA. Speaking ab
Old Mutual Asset Managers (OMAM) has added a number of external managers and new strategies to the Old Mutual Multi Strategy Fund. This move is designed to increas
International capital markets software firm genesis has completed a Series A financing round, securing a total of USD3 million from Illuminate Financial, a UK-based capital markets venture capital firm, and Tribeca Angels, a New York venture group.

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Hedge Funds gave up 3.06 per cent in October according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 6.84 per cent decrease in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index
