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Alain Buenos, Peng Tang, Philippe Ankaoua and Nicolas Goudard have launched Sigma Square, a volatility arbitrage fund on European equities.
The four are managers of
Old Mutual Asset Managers (OMAM) has added a number of external managers and new strategies to the Old Mutual Multi Strategy Fund.
This move is designed to increas
It is one year today since HSBC acquired The Bank of Bermuda Limited and with it the hedge fund services business.
The West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) is to invest GBP 260 million (approx. 5% of its GBP 5 billion assets) over the next 3 to 4 years in five fund of hedge fund managers.
The WYPF, one of the largest UK local government pension schemes, made the decision at a special meeting of its Investment Panel on 10 February 2005.
The five funds of hedge funds across which the GBP 260 million will be invested are managed by:
* Arden Asset Management Inc.* Aurum Funds Limited * Credit Agricole Alternative Investment Products Group* Quellos Capital Management* Signet Capital Management Limited.
UK pension funds advisor Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting doubled the number of alternative investment mandates awarded to fund managers in 2004.
The total rose f
The SEC has filed an emergency enforcement action to halt an alleged USD 37m fraud by Northshore Asset Management LLC (Northshore) and its principals.
The action, w
TQA Investors has added a new event arbitrage team to its current line-up of global convertible arbitrage, credit arbitrage and long/short professionals.
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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is moving to a new address in London.
The Association’s new address is:
AIMAMeadows Hous
On the eve of the Super Hedge 2005 conference, a new report from Mercer Oliver Wyman Consulting says the German hedge funds market is warming up for rapid growth.
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A leading advisor says that Guernsey Qualifying Investor Funds will require a disciplined response from the industry to ensure continued growth and success.
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