... [more] From Sagar Chakraverty, Opalesque Asia:
In an interview with Matthias Knab, head of Opalesque, Singapore-based Artradis’ co-founder Steve Diggle spoke about the funds’ performance and how negative correlation helped the
... [more] From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:
The Japanese financial landscape is offering a unique opportunity to bridge Asia and North America especially China and the United States because its political and economic systems as well as legal frameworks conform with Western standards, and at the same ti
... [more] From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
The accumulation of macro-economic fears continue to weigh on the morale of investors despite better-than-expected earnings in February, as the real state of health of the global economy remains critical, said Swiss banking group SYZ & Co. in its latest “Poi
... [more] From eFinancialNews.com: Paul Orwicz has founded Greenwich, Connecticut-based Sursum Partners, and raised $17.75m for a hedge fund from eight investors, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated March 8, 2010.
Orwicz managed technology and energy stocks at SAC but
... [more] The number of new hedge fund launches increased in the fourth quarter of 2009, even as the pace of liquidations continued to decline, according to data released today by Hedge Fund Research, Inc., the leading provider of data and analysis of the hedge fund industry.
During Q4 2009, an estimat
... [more] Springbok raises $250m for multi-manager fund that will ask underlying HF managers to set aside reserve capital
From HFAlert.com: Springbok Capital has raised $250 million for a multi-manager vehicle that will place an extraordinary demand on underlying managers.
On April 1, th
... [more] Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index +0.68 (-0.1% YTD)
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (“GGHFI”) recouped January losses during the month of February to move almost even on the year. The GGHFI returned +0.68% compared to global equity returns in the S&P 500
... [more] Hedge funds are finding it more difficult than traditional asset managers to raise money for UK Ucits funds
From eFinancialNews.com: … London-based fund marketer Kepler Partners, which drew up a universe of 109 Ucits hedge funds that can be sold in the UK, found that traditional asset m
... [more] From Forbes.com: John Paulson became a billionaire in 2007 shorting the lowliest tranches of subprime mortgages. Last year, he told investors in a letter in January, he made billions more buying the same, not to mention bonds issued by troubled auto lender GMAC and loans from deals turned precariou
... [more] Paul O’Reilly-Hyland, Managing Partner at Ounavarra Capital, a New York-based-broker dealer specialised in the alternative investments industry and David Lifchitz, Consultant at Lifel Group, a US-based risk manager, produced a 22-page report examining the increasing interest for managed accounts; th
... [more] Hedge funds lose money even with euro, pound tumbles
From Bloomberg / Businessweek.com: Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency. They are also losing money.
Macro funds, so
... [more] Senate Bill on finance to include agency that tracks financial risk
From NYtimes.com: Senate Banking Committee members from both parties said on Wednesday that they had agreed to include in their regulatory overhaul bill a new Office of Research and Analysis that would provide early warn
... [more] Finance ministers may reach agreement on AIFM in 16-March Brussels meeting
From Europeanvoice.com: Hedge fund and private equity bosses will be following a meeting of the EU's finance ministers in Brussels next Tuesday (16 March) with particular interest. The ministers are likely to take
... [more] Shariah Capital sees more Islamic hedge funds taking off
From Reuters.com: More sharia hedge funds are likely to be launched, specialising in healthcare, telecoms and technology stocks, a U.S. financial firm said, as the industry debates how far Islam sanctions such investments.
F
... [more] Korea Investment Trust Company to offer investors exposure to hedge funds
From AsianInvestor.net: Korea Investment Trust Company expects Korean investors to increase their appetite for risk assets and is expanding its capabilities to offer them exposure to hedge funds.
Hedge fund
... [more] AFM: Astarra/Trio debacle continues with more twists and turns - questions we'd like to ask
By Australian Fund Monitors: The Astarra/Trio debacle continues although claim and counterclaim seems to be adding to the overall confusion, and no doubt distress, of their hapless investors. Thi
... [more] Wall Street mobilizes to shape look of CDS rules
From WSJ.com: Investors expressed frustration and anger Wednesday after reports that U.S. and European governments were eager to place new curbs on the use of credit-default swaps. But some on Wall Street acknowledged that changes to the
... [more] Citigroup unit wins CDS dispute with hedge fund VCG Special Opportunities
From Reuters.com: A Citigroup Inc broker-dealer unit need not face arbitration in a dispute with Channel Islands hedge fund VCG over a credit default swap, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
VCG Sp
... [more] Preqin’s latest report, the 2010 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review, reveals that the aggregate total assets of all sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) has continued to increase over the past year. The recovery in global equities markets helped certain SWFs regain ground lost as a result of the economic
... [more] Athamas hedge fund will sell more wood, fewer carbon credits
From Bloomberg / Businessweek.com: A forestry and carbon hedge fund proposed by Athamas SA will focus on wood rather than carbon credits after United Nations climate talks in December failed to set international targets after
... [more] From Reuters.com: The UK agency which steps in to pay pensions when a firm goes bust has earmarked up to a quarter of assets to alternatives like hedge fund-style products and private equity as it seeks to boost diversification and returns.
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) said on Wednesday
... [more] Josh Kaplan to run hedge funds for Ascension Health, St. Louis
From PIonline.com: Josh Kaplan was named senior director, hedged strategies, at Ascension Health, St. Louis. He will manage the hedge fund allocation in the health-care system's $15 billion in pension and operating assets, he
... [more] Transparency, efficiency and networks are three drivers reshaping finance in 2010 – SunGard
Pamela Marnell, head of product management for SunGard Financial Systems, said, "In talking to our customers, we've heard three universal business challenges that need to be met in 2010: d
... [more] UK FSA publishes financial risk outlook
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) published its Financial Risk Outlook (FRO) outlining the main risks and issues present in its operating environment, affecting firms, markets and consumers…
The analysis which lies behind the FRO helps inform
... [more] From AP / yahoo.com: They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did — but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6.
A Sheriff's Department statement says the woman was armed with a semi-automatic p
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Glenn Chwatt
