Euromoney Institutional Investor, the international publishing and information company, will launch a new magazine and online offering covering US and international hedge funds in September.
The company’s hedge fund publishing assets include Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine and Absolute Return magazine, which is published by HedgeFund Intelligence, the world’s leading information source on hedge funds. The new publication will be titled “AR”.
“The new publication will include everything that Alpha contained, and everything that Absolute Return contained, but it will be a new magazine which will contain a lot of editorial that neither magazine does, including new surveys, rankings and high-powered web functionality,” says Euromoney Institutional Investor chairman and editor-in-chief Padraic Fallon.
“With the hedge fund sector under intense scrutiny from Washington, regulators and investors, this is an excellent time to launch a hedge fund publication,” he says. “Building on the strengths of both Institutional Investor and HedgeFund Intelligence, we have the opportunity to produce the world’s leading hedge fund title which will keep investors, managers, regulators and the whole hedge fund community informed on developments in the sector.”
Michelle Celarier, who is the editor of Absolute Return, will be the editor of the new magazine.
“Hedge fund performance has recovered strongly in 2009, after the sector’s worst ever performance in 2008, and there are now significant opportunities,” says Celarier. “The new magazine is an exciting development because it joins two prestigious monthly magazines that cover hedge funds to create a single authoritative voice. Our mission is to create the most insightful, entertaining and definitive content about the hedge fund industry, in both the printed magazine and online. We will offer readers information they cannot find elsewhere, including news and performance data on thousands of funds, along with in-depth analysis, research and profiles of the biggest hedge funds.”
Advertising will be sold by Christine Cavolina, publisher of Institutional Investor, and the Institutional Investor sales team, led by Joy Desanto.
“AR will provide an unparalleled editorial environment for advertisers interested in the hedge fund industry,” says Cavolina. “It presents the ideal opportunity for companies serving this audience to influence decision-makers and generate new business.”
Note for editors:
Institutional Investor publishes Institutional Investor magazine, which was founded in 1967 to inform, instruct and entertain members of the financial community through identifying and examining the individuals and institutions that wield power and influence in the world.
HedgeFund Intelligence is the world’s leading information source on hedge funds and those investing in hedge funds including fund of funds. It publishes performance data on more than 10,000 hedge funds and fund of funds around the globe, and its titles cover the U.S., European and Asian markets.
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE-250 share index. It is a leading international business-to-business media group focused primarily on the international finance, metals and commodities sectors. It publishes more than 70 magazines, newsletters and journals, including Euromoney, Institutional Investor, and Metal Bulletin. It also runs an extensive portfolio of conferences, seminars and training courses and is a leading provider of electronic information and data covering international finance, metals and emerging markets. Its main offices are in London, New York, Montreal and Hong Kong, and nearly half its revenues are derived from emerging markets.
For further information:
Editorial – Michelle Celarier – 212 224 3021 mcelarier@absolutereturn.net
Advertising – Christine Cavolina – 212 224 3319 ccavolina@iimagazine.com