Funds
Man Group plc revealed this week that its most recent launch, Man Multi-Strategy Series 5 Ltd (‘Series 5’), has raised the equivalent of US$725 million of client money.
Family wealth offices are planning to increase their allocations to hedge funds in 2003 according to a new survey by the Institute for Private Investors and LJH Glob
Mike Nicol, the highly rated European equity manager, is joining Edinburgh-based Martin Currie today to launch a new European long/short equity fund.
A study of 100 hedge fund failures over the past 20 years shows that an alarmingly high number (50 per cent) of hedge funds fail due to operational risk alone.
The UK-based Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has prepared its response to the discussion paper on short selling put out by UK’s regulatory watchdog, the
Sydney-based Vertex Capital Management International has launched a long/short Australian equity fund that mirrors the management of its Australian unit trust, The VCM Relat
London-based Aspect Capital is joining forces with Nassau-based Gems to launch the Gems-Aspect Guaranteed Notes No.1.
Since their beginning in the 1970s, which paralleled the inflation driven commodity rally, managed futures funds have traditionally invested in listed exchange markets: fina
Tremont TASS (Europe) Limited has hired Catherine Evans as Associate Director.Â
Before joining Tremont, Ms Evans was Associate Direct
Standard & Poor’s, the financial research, ratings and indices group, has launched the S&P Hedge Fund Index and three style sub-indices.
The S&P Hedge Fund Index comprises 40 funds representing nine distinct hedge fund investment strategies grouped into three broad style categories-Arbitrage, Event-Driven and Directional/Tactical.
S&P said its Hedge Fund Index "is designed to be investable and representative of the broad-based investment experience of the hedge fund marketplace. The index is equal weighted to ensure well-rounded representation of hedge fund investment approaches and to avoid over-representation of strategies that are in favor at the time".
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