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Lutetia Capital, a Paris-headquartered independent asset manager, celebrated the birthday of its Lutetia Patrimoine Fu
- 05/12/2010
The latest quarterly statistical release by EFAMA for Q3 found that UCITS enjoyed a healthy positive inflow of EUR46billion, in marked contrast to Q2, which saw net outflows total EUR
- 05/12/2010
- 05/12/2010
Geneva-based Palaedino Asset Management, the fund manager arm of the Palaedino Group and Alix Capital (a Palaedino Group offshoot) who calculate and manage the UCITS Alternative
- 05/12/2010
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index finished down 1.29 per cent in November as managers struggled to find profitable positions amid falling equity markets.
The Long/Short Liquid Index fell 1.14 per cent, the Global Macro Liquid Index fell 1.35 per cent, the Event Driven Liquid Index dropped 1.31 per cent and the Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index was down 2.42 per cent.
Despite the negative monthly performance, four out of the five liquid indices remain in positive territory for the year, with the Event Driven Liquid Index leading returns at 9.79 per cent year-to-date.
The Global Macro Liquid Index is down 1.19 per cent year-to-date.
- 03/12/2010
- 03/12/2010
Boutique brokerage firm, StormHarbour Partners LP, established in March 2009 by Antonio Cacorino (pictured) and Fredrick Chapey, has opened an of
- 03/12/2010
Former head of securitized products at Deutsche Bank AG, Gregory Park, is to launch a hedge fund in Hong Kong to tap into the region’s burgeoning consumer-driven demand.
- 03/12/2010
New York-headquartered Liquidnet, the off-exchange liquidity platform that provides institutional buy-side traders with secure and anonymous block trading of equities, has extended its globa
- 03/12/2010
2010 has seen a wave of hedge fund startups spring up in Asia. And as the size of the region’s alternatives industry deepens, so the level of manager expertise seems to be.
- 03/12/2010
Third-party funding of litigation is gaining ground in the UK, but its success will depend on the degree to which the concept is embraced by both the legal profession and the investment community, and the appetite for risk and reward among both litigants and investors, according to partner Gavin Foggo (pictured) and associate Molly Ahmed from the litigation department of City law firm Fox Williams.
“For all the talk of litigation funding as an emerging asset class, investors have yet to be convinced that [third-party funding] is going to be a compelling alternative investment. ” This is one of the
- 03/12/2010
GLG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Man Group, is to close the GLG Alpha Select (Ucits III) Fund to new investment on 10 December 2010 after reaching its asset target of USD550m.
Launched on 19 February 2010, the long/short fund, which replicates GLG’s UK equity market neutral strategy, initially closed to new investment in May after attracting over USD300m of assets.
To meet ongoing demand GLG created an additional USD250m of capacity on 20 September, which is very close to being filled.
Once the fund is closed, retail investors can still gain exposure to the UK equity team, headed by
- 02/12/2010
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