Over 160 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community who attended a Gala dinner on 3 October have raised more than EUR100,000 for the Alternatives 4 Children foundation. The money raised will enable the organisation to fulfil its prime objective
Hermes BPK Partners, the USD2.3 billion alternative advisory boutique and fund of hedge funds manager, has launched Alpha Vault Managed Futures (Alpha Vault) with USD275 million of investment. The alternative investment managed account solution is designed to provide portfolio protection
London-based investment manager, Polar Capital, founded in 2001 and running USD3.9billion as at end-September 2011, has announced plans to launch a new Dublin
Hedge funds gained 0.66 per cent in June, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 2.39 per cent year to date. “A bailout package for Spain announced early in the month helped to
By Anthony Masso, CEO, Succession Systems – The SEC Enforcement Order against Knight Capital calls for Brokers to institute fully automated ‘lock downs’, prohibiting orders from entering the market if risk thresholds are reached. Called ‘kill switches’, are you aware
Melanion Capital, the first alternative manager to specialise in investment in dividend futures, has welcomed the announcement from Eurex of record volumes in the exchange’s dividend-based derivatives segment. According to Eurex, September’s monthly trading was a record high of
By James Williams – Two of the more obvious trends that have occurred in prime brokerage post-Lehman’s are perhaps, unsurprisingly, intrinsically linked to counterparty risk. The first is the move away from mono-prime to multi-prime mandates. The second, more recent
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a longtime Bernie Madoff employee with falsifying books and records in order to hide Madoff’s fraudulent investment advisory operations from regulators. The SEC alleges that Enrica Cotellessa-Pitz, who worked at Bernard L Madoff
Kinetic Partners, a professional services firm to the asset management, investment banking and broking industries, has launched a risk monitoring and reporting platform in partnership with Riskdata, a risk management solutions provider. The service provides a scalable, transparent, Ucits-compliant, third
Asian hedge funds finally enjoyed a solid month of performance for September, gaining 2.48 per cent according to Eurekahedge: their best monthly return since February 2012 when they gained 3.46 per cent. That now puts the region’s alternatives industry at
