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The Clearing Corporation (CCorp) and Eurex Clearing AG confirmed today the immediate roll out of Phase I of their Global Clearing Link.
The Global Clearing Link is
Fortnightly market intelligence covering China’s TMT sector produced by Beijing-based research firm BDA China exclusively for Hedgeweek readers.
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According to Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc. (HFR), a nearly 1% Q3 sector-wide performance gain has largely reversed the 1% loss in Q2.
HFR’s latest Q3 research confirms that the hedge fund sector posted a 0.9% performance gain for the third quarter 2004, almost reversing a 1.0% loss in the second quarter of this year.
Based on the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index, which measures equally-weighted performance across 19 distinct fund sectors, the industry also saw USD 16.9 billion in net asset inflows in the quarter, a marked improvement over the USD 7.5 billion in inflows seen in the second
The leading hedge fund associations, AIMA and the MFA, each voiced their ongoing concerns over the SEC’s vote for hedge fund adviser registration.
In response to th
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Michael Wexler’s Maple Leaf Capital is preparing to launch the Macro Volatility Fund to external investors on 1 November 2004.
Wexler, CIO of the 2-year old firm sa
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has switched the iShares FTSE Euro 100 and iShares FTSE Eurotop 100 ETFs benchmarks to the FTSEurofirst indices.
The new ETFs are th
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) (OMAM) has placed additional capacity in the Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund with new and existing investors.
The additional inv
The SEC Commissioners voted 3-2 in favour of the hedge fund adviser registration proposal only six weeks after the close of the comment period.
Managers with 15 or
Julius Baer’s Diversified Fixed Income Hedge Fund will be opening to subscriptions from new and existing investors for a limited period.
The fund will opened to new
