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Gartmore has launched its first healthcare hedge fund, with the long/short equity strategy opening to investors at the start of November.
Effective 3 November Eurex, the international derivatives market, will shorten the trading hours for equity options and equity index options.
In this article Tony Evangelista discusses some of the ways US investment funds and the SEC have addressed fund arbitrage.
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The proposed partnership between Eurex and The Clearing Corporation has received overwhelming approval from US shareholders.
Trafalgar Asset Managers has expanded its investment management capabilities with the addition of Giuseppe Mirante and Suhail Rahuja to its team.
For the first time in 27 years the SEC has proposed rules to relax some restrictions on short selling.
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Riskdata, the risk management technology solution provider for investment managers, has appointed Brad Goz to head its London office.
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London-based New Star Asset Management has opened a USD 25 million R Share Class for private investors in the New Star Japan Hedge Fund.
It has been difficult not to notice the publicity surrounding the current extensive Inland Revenue (IR) review of the UK hedge fund industry. Rob Mellor sheds light on the review process.
What started as a fact-finding exercise has escalated over the last year as a number of IR investigations have been instigated into UK-based hedge fund managers.
There are at least 3 IR Special Compliance Offices (SCOs) involved in the review of the industry, mainly focusing on the transfer pricing adopted between the UK manager and the offshore investment manager.
Other concerns, and thus potential risks, which have been raised
RMF has selected and commenced sponsorship of a Korean long/short equity start-up fund through its Hedge Fund Ventures (HFV) programme.
