MPC Investors, the independent asset manager, has launched the MPC Pilgrim Select Fund.

Asset-backed lender Ambit Funding, has launched its first two hedge funds: Ambit Bridge Loan Fund; and Ambit Bridge Loan Fund International.

Cato Brahde discusses Oceanic Energy Fund’s innovative strategies in tapping the growing potential in the energy sector.  Cato Brahde qualified as a naval architect at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and gained an MSc in Business Administration from Boston University. After a stint in the Norwegian Navy, he spent 11 years at Brown and Root – a subsidiary of US oil services group Halliburton working with marine installations and construction contracts. He joined Tufton Oceanic in 1989 where he managed an in-house shipping investment fund and several private equity projects – including a fleet of 30 offshore support vessels

Thames River Capital has raised an initial EUR 35 million for a European equity long/short fund, Thames River Tybourne Fund, launched on 30 June 2006. The new Thames River Tybourne Fund raised EUR 35 million at launch with commitments for additional investments of approximately EUR 15m. Tybourne Fund is a European mid-cap equity long/short fund investing in UK and Continental European equities with market capitalisations of between EUR 500 million – EUR 3 billion, enabling investors to benefit from a strategy that has been managed as a sub-set of Thames River Capital’s mainstream European equities long/short fund, Thames River Kingsway

Shahid Ikram identifies the opportunities and developments in the market cycle that will influence the future growth of Morley G7 Fixed Income Fund. Shahid Ikram joined Morley Fund Management as Commercial Union Investment Management in 1990 after a term at the National Bank of Kuwait. He progressed from Gilt Analyst to Head of UK Bonds and Pensions, and later was appointed Director of High Performance Funds in June 2000.  Shahid holds a degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Computing and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Investment Management and Research. HW: What is the background to the fund? SI:

London-based Noble Asset Management Ltd (NAM) has teamed up with Kenneth Jeyaretnam to launch the Stamford Global Event Driven Fund.

Lars Kroijer describes the unusual combination of event analysis and fundamental value analysis that distinguishes Holte Capital Fund. Lars Kroijer is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Holte Capital Ltd, a London based hedge fund, which invests in European market neutral special situations. Lars was previously with HBK Investments in London where he focused on special situations investing and event driven arbitrage. He generated market neutral, absolute return investment theses within the European time zones. Prior to that, Lars worked at SC Fundamental, a value investing hedge fund in New York. Prior to attending graduate school, Lars worked in the

Hydra Capital Management is launching a Global Macro Emerging Market Debt fund investing in external and local market debt and currency instruments of emerging market countries.

Platinum Capital Management has announced the listing of three of its funds on the Luxembourg Stock exchange.

Platinum Capital Management has teamed up with leading Swedish investment manager Catella Asset Management to launch the Platinum Nordic Fund.