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NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has unveiled two new options that will enable customers in Frankfurt to access the NYSE Liffe derivatives market fast
Cheyne Capital Management (UK) has appointed Chris Goekjian as partner and chief investment officer reporting to Jonathan Lourie, chief executive.
Peak Partners has announced the forthcoming launch of the Mont Blanc Dynamic Fund.
The fund aims to combine the advantages of active hedge fund style picking, continual risk monitoring, segregated trust structure, enhanced liquidity (bi-monthly) and full transparency by using managed accounts.
The fund-of-funds is actively rotated (up to twice a month) using the HFR Managed Account Platform which offers enhanced liquidity to asset allocators.
The fund’s allocation is based on a proprietary forward looking model that analyses 22 different factors in real time to generate predictive investment signals for a two week time period.
‘We believe
Offshore law firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune has announced a further two promotions to senior associate level as the firm looks to strengthen its funds and trust litigation practice are
Seven members of a church in Queens, New York, have been charged with fraud for allegedly misappropriating USD12m from would-be hedge fund investors.
Managed futures slipped 1.16 per cent in March, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
The index is now down 1.59 per cent in 2009.
‘The US Federal Reserve’s willingness to employ quantitative easing helped to drive interest rates and the US Dollar lower, while propelling prices for stocks and agricultural commodities higher,’ says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
‘Trend-followers, as a group, were on the wrong side of these markets when they changed direction mid-month.’
Diversified traders lost 1.93 per cent in March, systematic traders fell 1.61 per cent, and financial/metals traders were
Meridian Global Fund Services Group has appointed Joyce E. Heinzerling to head a newly formed hedge fund consulting affiliate, Meridian Fund Advisers.
Aladdin Capital Holdings has announced the formation of a debt capital markets group to cover corporate and financial institution clients for financing and liability management transact
Legg Mason has announced the launch of the Legg Mason Permal Tactical Allocation Fund, a global multi-asset tactical allocation mutual fund managed by its fund-of-hedge-funds affiliate,
