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Castlestone has taken the decision to shutter its listed funds business which consists of four Dublin-domiciled UCITS funds following a 9 August meeting held by company directors.
London-based fund manager Rudolf Wolff, a long-standing name in the City thanks to its eponymous founder being one of the founders of the London Metal Exchange in 1877, is looking for a buye
Investec Asset Management is to launch a global defensive bond UCITS for the firm’s co-head of fixed income, John Stop
The introduction of a ban on short-selling by several European countries will increase the risk of a full-blown recession, says Andrew Shrimpton of Kinetic Partners…
The banning by France, Italy, Belgium and Spain of the short-selling of financial stocks for at least 15 days with effect from today will only reduce price volatility for a few days at best. As demonstrated in 2008, when similar bans were in place, volatility increases after a day or so because liquidity in the stocks is significantly reduced. This measure will reduce the ability for banks to raise capital and increase the risk of a
Howard Freedland has joined F500 Advisory Services as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Alternative Investments.
Freedland, who started one of the nation’s first 50 hedge funds and negotiated the USD280 million joint venture between GE Capital and ResCom in 1993, will work with F500 Advisory 500’s investment professionals to create and oversee its investment policy, including evaluating hedge funds and other alternative investments. F500 Advisory Services manages more than USD250 million with some USD38 million currently invested in hedge funds and other alternative investments. F500 Advisory is an affiliate of Finance 500 Inc, an Orange County, Calif.-based broker-dealer.
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One of the world’s best known hedge fund managers, Steve Cohen’s (pictured) SAC Capital, has strengthened its equity l/s por
2011 continues to be a tough year for hedge funds globally, with Hedge Fund Research’s Composite Index reporting modest gain of +0.76 per
After seeing its Kospi Index hit a high of 2228 on 2 May, South Korea’s stock market has plummeted this month, falling 17 per cent: this equates to a 19 pe
August is turning out to be a good month for Stephen Diggle’s long Asian volatility and arbitrage (LAVA) fund, having already gained 4 per cent in the firs
Sciens Fund of Funds Management Holdings, part of the Sciens Capital Management Group and provider of single- and multi-strategy funds of funds and managed account services, today announces the recent appointment of two senior members to its London-based team. Dr Stavros Siokos, formerly of Citigroup and Piraeus Group, has joined as President and Michael Hart joins from bfinance as Senior Marketing Director.
In his new role, Dr Siokos is responsible for the general management of the fund of funds and the managed account platform businesses based in London, Guernsey and Zurich. He is a member of Sciens’ Investment Committee and
