BNP Paribas Group and Duemme Hedge, the speculative asset management company of the Esperia Group, are jointly launching a new fund of hedge funds.

Pension funds are beginning to actively invest in hedge funds in a significant way.

NewAlpha Advisers, Paris-based ADI’s wholly-owned hedge fund incubator, has launched its first project, London-based Langlade Capital Management LLP.

Dexion Absolute Limited, the London-listed fund of hedge funds, is raising further capital by issuing up to 150,000,000 C Shares at 100p per C Share.

Gartmore is adding a new European financial sector equity long/short strategy to its range of AlphaGen single strategy funds. Gartmore

Martin Currie, the Edinburgh-based specialist investment manager with USD 1 billion in hedge fund assets, is to launch its seventh hedge fund on 2 September. <

Baring Asset Management (BAM) is preparing to launch The Baring China Absolute Return Fund plc in June 2004, subject to regulatory approval.

Warburg Invest, the German asset management company of Hamburg-based private bank MM Warburg & Co, and Swiss banking group Syz & Co have agreed to jointly develop, manage an

Horizon Cash Management, cash manager to many of the world’s largest hedge funds and institutional investors, revealed  that client assets under management grew by 27% in th

Duncan Capital Group is preparing to launch its second hedge fund, DC Opportunity Fund I LLC. The new fund, which is the second fund ma