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HSBC Republic Bank (Suisse) SA is setting up a dedicated Alternative FundInvest team at its Zurich office in a move designed to consolidate its position as a major player in
Gartmore has decided to close its macro hedge fund after incurring heavy losses during July’s bond market turmoil.
3A – Alternative Asset Advisors has launched the 3A Windrider Fund, a multi-class leveraged fund of hedge funds with initial capital of USD 30 million.
Henderson, which now has over USD 1 billion in hedge fund assets under management, will launch its seventh hedge fund in November this year. Stuart MacDonald charts Henderson’s progress in this exclusive interview with Hedgeweek.
HW: When was the hedge funds business set up at Henderson and how has it progressed?
SM: The first fund (a Global Technology long short equity fund) was established in 1999, with two other long short equity funds launched in 2000. I took on this role in 2001, at which time we had about USD 50 million in the three funds.
At that time, the
Eurex US will be a U.S. regulated exchange and will offer a full range of products including derivatives on U.S.
Odey Asset Management is launching the Odey Treasury Fund managed by former HSBC proprietary trader Richard Neville-Rolfe.
The fund’s o
UBS is expanding its hedge fund services business by acquiring the US prime brokerage operations of ABN AMRO for USD 250 million.
As of January 1, 2004, Eurex Clearing is reducing the clearing and settlement fees for equities transactions in Xetra and on the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB F
RMF has selected and commenced sponsorship of a managed futures start-up fund and a Japanese event driven fund through its Hedge Fund Ventures (HFV) programme.
