Moore, a Jersey-based specialist provider of fund management, fund administration and corporate services, has had a substantial increase in business from Japanese clients since opening

BlackRock has launched a Fund of Alternatives pooled fund for pension schemes, charities and other institutional investors.

Assets for large new hedge fund launches declined significantly in the US in 2008 as hedge funds suffered their worst-ever year for performance, a survey has found.

The Credit Suisse Long/Short Equity Replication Index was up 0.18 per cent net in January, according to Jordan Drachman, head of research for alternative beta strategies at Credit Suiss

Sergey Bolshakov, analyst, Argo Capital Management, outlines evidence of a growing trend towards smaller buyouts since the onset of the credit crisis. Despite the meltdown in financial markets there is little evidence to suggest that investors’ appetite for private equity funds is waning. According to research produced by Coller Capital, at least 97 per cent of the investors it surveyed plan to maintain or increase their target allocation to private equity over the next year. Equity markets’ lacklustre performance is encouraging investors to turn their attention to 2009 private equity vintages. While there are some bargain buying opportunities to be

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that it has launched, on a six-month trial basis, a monthly report called ‘This Month in Futures Markets’.

Los Angeles-based Palatine Asset Management has announced it is in negotiations to acquire an undisclosed interest in the Viacom-broadcast TV series Speed Racer: The Next Generation, in