The European Energy Exchange and international derivatives exchange Eurex are expanding their co-operation in carbon emissions trading with the launch of options on EEX’s EUA future on Apr

Singapore-based Pacific Ocean Capital has launched the Asia Telecom Fund, a long/short equity fund that seeks capital appreciation by using leading-edge proprietary research developed from

The US financial markets are not just in flux but in full-out, no-holds-barred, free-for-all radical change, according to US Equity Market Structure: Driving Change in Global Financial Mar

As South Africa’s young but fast-growing hedge fund industry seeks changes in the country’s regulatory environment to help it broaden its investor base among institutions at home, a crucial task is

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Paragon Capital has announced plans to launch a new offshore secured debt fund, following the success of its previous special situation funds, and has opened its US-domiciled fund to insti

Pioneer Alternative Investments has launched Pioneer Absolute Return Equity, a Ucits III fund that captures the returns of an underlying hedge fund strategy by entering into a total return

Hedge fund manager Pequot Capital Management and Pequot Ventures, its New York-based venture capital arm, have agreed to separate the two businesses as of the end of June.

Last year saw an increase of nearly 15 per cent in the number of hedge funds and funds of hedge funds reporting to hedge fund databases, according to the 2007 PerTrac Hedge Fund Database S