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In recent years equity swaps have emerged as one of a series of equity derivative products that are playing an increasingly integral part in how hed
Baring Asset Management is launching its third long/short equity hedge fund, the Baring EMEA Absolute Return Fund.
The fund will be available to institutional investors and HNWIs from 1 Nov
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, (MLIM) has completed the acquisition of PPCC bv and PIM bv, the internal investment management units of Royal Philips Electronics.
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In its report for the IDA last year, Deloitte & Touche suggested that encouraging hedge fund managers to set up shop in Ireland would be a good way to give the country’s financial sector new moment
The CFTC has Charged Stuart Pippin of Pippin Investments with fraud for issuing false trading results to pool participants.
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Eurex saw turnover increase by around 19 percent to 90 million contracts against the same period last year (August 2004: 75.7 million contracts).
At 821 million con
London-based Chaser Capital launched its first currency fund on 14 February. David Lavers outlines the fund’s strategy and investment process.
HW: What is the background to the launch of Chaser Capital?
DL: The partnership was established by three accredited investment management professionals looking to exploit certain inefficiencies present in the foreign exchange markets.
The business has focused on the development of proprietary technology and has a strong emphasis on on-going strategy development and testing.
Chaser Capital’s strategy remains very unique with the partners trading their own capital to establish a strong track record before launching the Chaser Capital Currency Fund
Dr. Stephen Dolbear outlines the strategy and investment philosophy that underpins the F&C Amethyst Fund, an equity volatility trading fund
The fund was launched on 15 January 2003. It had EUR 300m in AUM as of 30 June 2005 and has recently reopened to investment but is expected to close at around EUR 450m. The fund is the brainchild of Stephen Dolbear, the senior investment officer of alternatives at F&C asset management. He joined F&C Asset Management in 1995 and managed the High Income Plan, a unit trust with a derivative overlay, which laid the foundations of Amethyst.Dr.
