Until recently international investors paid little attention to Canadian hedge fund managers, despite their impressive returns.
Australian Fund Monitor’s index of Australian hedge and absolute return funds has almost regained the previous high water mark set in October 2007 after adding 2.64 per cent in March to be up 1.41 per cent year-to-date. Equity based funds
Commerzbank Corporates & Markets (CBCM) has appointed Dr Mehraj Mattoo as its new Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies (AIS
Absolute Capital Management Holdings (ACMH) and ASK Raymond James Securities (ASKRJ) have teamed up to launch the Absolute India Fund.
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has appointed Alan Capper as managing director and head of credit strategy. In this newly created position, Capper will be responsible for the provision of macro credit strategy research and he will also be instrumental in
Insurer ACE European Group (ACE) has developed a specialist insurance policy for investment and fund management groups.
Platinum Capital Management is to launch Platinum Europe Select, a fund focused primarily on Special Situations investment in French equities.
Jesse Redmond and Justin Pawl, the former co-portfolio managers of the Alpha Titans Funds, have partnered with a previous Forbes 400 family office president to form Evolved Alpha. Evolved Alpha is a multi-strategy fund that provides investors with transparent, liquid
Latin America-focused Copernico Capital Partners is paying a dividend to existing shareholders, reducing the size of the Copernico Argentina
Mcube Japan has appointed former Sony pension management executive Masakazu Arikawa as President. Arikawa is retiring from Sony following a 30-year career. Most recently he was President and resident Director of the Sony Global Pension Management Company (SGPM), with responsibility
