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Close Asset Management is acquiring, subject to regulatory approval, a majority stake in Fortune Group, the London-based hedge funds manager. Founded in 1996, Fortune manages approximately USD 800 million in a range of single and multi-manager products, for private wealth management groups, insurance companies, banks and pension funds, and has advisory mandates for additional hedge fund assets.
Jonathan Sieff, CEO of Close Asset Management said: "Alternative investments are a major growth area for us. Hedge funds are an important and fast growing element within this area and Fortune gives us an exceptionally talented team, excellent relationships and a strong
Charles Barnick, CEO, Anthony Gibson, Investment Manager & Ken Lewis, Senior Investment Manager, discuss Coronation’s investment app
Diego Wauters outlines the working of Coriolis Capital Limited, which focuses on strategies for the insurance/reinsurance sector.<
David Walsh discusses the ideas and strategies that drive performance at Appleton Capital Management.
David Walsh, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer and has been involved in the alternative investment industry since 1989. David has managed money both from a systematic and discretionary standpoint, as well as having experience in a bank treasury environment. Having initially been hired by Gandon Financial Fund Management in Dublin, he worked as a Proprietary Trader in Foreign Exchange, utilising an array of technical and fundamental tools in recording consecutive profitable years throughout his time at the firm.
He was subsequently hired by ABN AMRO
HSBC France has sold its issuer services business to CACEIS, enabling the latter to strengthen its market position in France.
A new study by State Street reveals that hedge funds have shed their ‘niche’ status and are a firm part of the US institutional allocati
Allocations to asset classes such as hedge funds by European institutions are profoundly mistaken, argues Guy Fraser-Sampson.
Derivatives can be used to improve the return profile of pension funds’ active risks, as outlined in this article by Watson Wyatt.
Traded volumes in futures on the DAX and Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 benchmark indexes are continuing their dynamic growth trend this year.<
International asset management group Forsyth Partners is launching a new Dublin listed fund of hedge funds – the Forsyth Multi Strategy
