May 2012
May 24, 2012
Government-sponsored initiative to develop the asset management industry in France is attracting attention from other countries too, with the seeder already receiving some 80 applications from alternative investment managers in France
May 24, 2012
Fast-growing but low-profile €6 billion loan manager Avoca has embarked on a major drive to diversify its asset management platform with a series of high-level hires and additions to expand the business into the related areas of long/short credit funds, convertibles and structured credit
May 24, 2012
Ex-Sandelman and Citadel manager Nick Stukas secures $75 million investment from $20 billion US fund of funds group for his well-performing credit and capital structure strategy
May 24, 2012
Administrators are facing widespread challenges and pressures at a time of slow growth in the hedge fund industry and increasing demands on administration providers from regulators, managers and investors
May 24, 2012
Long/short financials specialist Richard Urwick is building a strong track record for a reworked version of his global equity strategy, with a broader investment remit and incentives for investors to commit long-term capital
May 24, 2012
Having hit capacity with their long-running Europe Dynamic Long Short Fund, Jon Ingram’s equity team at JP Morgan have rolled out a new long/short fund focused on European and global technology stocks
May 24, 2012
Ex-Trafalgar Asset Managers founder Theo Phanos and his team are exploiting opportunities, dislocations and synergies with their focus on European credit and long/short equity through the firm’s well-performing Recovery and Azri vehicles
May 21, 2012
The Asian hedge fund industry is seeing a new conduit to long term assets in the form of hedge fund consultants, which have emerged as a key gate-keeper for institutional assets following the global financial crisis
May 21, 2012
Tobias Bland, chief executive officer of Enhanced Investment Products in Hong Kong, isn’t your typical hedge fund manager. For one thing, he started the firm with a series of passive funds that was accompanied by a hedge fund
May 21, 2012
Credit Suisse closes the gap by assets on Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, while Deutsche Bank – again the biggest player in Hong Kong and China – and UBS are also now close by mandates as the top five firms fight for market share in a shrinking Asian hedge fund world
May 03, 2012
Global macro strategies take centre stage within innovation portfolio to reduce risk
May 03, 2012
Pensions funds in Denmark take direct and FoHF stakes post financial crisis