Agecroft Partners predicts 2012 will be the best year for net flows into the hedge fund industry since 2007 despite the lacklustre investment performance for the industry in 2011. According to Agecroft’s Don Steinbrugge, this conclusion is based on several dominant
The recent confusion and lack of direction from the Westminster Government may cause the UK to slide towards the bottom of the renewable energy production capacity table in Europe, says Luca Concone, CEO of the Real Asset Energy Fund… At
Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) and Jefferies Group have approved a definitive merger agreement under which Jefferies’ shareholders (other than Leucadia, which currently owns approximately 28.6% of the Jefferies outstanding shares) will receive 0.81 of a share of Leucadia common
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Vinay Mendiratta has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Mendiratta will focus on business development with distribution partners in the US to help private clients achieve
By Commissioner Scott D O’Malia – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) has confirmed that our Division of Enforcement is investigating MF Global, Inc. (“MF Global”) for possible violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and/or Commission regulations. I
RiverCrest Capital, the absolute return fund management business established by Sir John Beckwith’s (pictured) Pacific Investments in 2011, has rolled out its second offering with the launch of the European Equity Alpha Fund. The Fund’s objective is to achieve consistent
The industry decision to close the US markets for two trading days due to Hurricane Sandy resulted in a nine per cent decrease in the number of trading days in October 2012 for NYSE Euronext’s US cash equity and equity
Linedata, a solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, has launched a new version of Linedata Mshare investor accounting and administration solution. This latest upgrade addresses forthcoming regulations and industry standards offering full compliance with FATCA. It
US Bancorp Fund Services, a subsidiary of US Bancorp (NYSE:USB), has agreed to acquire AIS Fund Administration (AIS), a provider of fund administration and related services to alternative investment managers. The transaction adds approximately USD25 billion in hedge fund
One-year-old startup the Diamond Standard Co has launched the world’s first fungible diamond commodity product – a universal asset to secure any digital transaction. “Diamonds are a valuable natural resource, but unusable by institutional investors. Unlike gold and platinum, each
