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Man’s Clarke takes rough with smooth as tide turns after perfect storm in 2011

26 Mar 2012

Man Group CEO Peter Clarke believes the acquisition of GLG has given rise to a uniquely balanced and scalable alternative investment business that spans a growing range of liquid systematic and discretionary strategies, that can access all types of investors around the world and that should be able to deliver uncorrelated return streams in most market environments. But a strong performance in 2012 would help to convince sceptics after a tough year in 2011. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with EuroHedge, Clarke talks about strategy, synergy, culture, growth, markets, new products, regulation, acquisitions and much more besides
AlphaGen acquisition triggers revival of Henderson’s wider hedge fund business

26 Mar 2012

Twelve months after absorbing Gartmore, the combined Henderson/AlphaGen hedge fund group is flourishing in terms of manager morale, investor inflows and new growth opportunities
Tech veterans seek winners and losers in a new phase of creative destruction

26 Mar 2012

GLG’s experienced TMT sector specialists, Philip Pearson and Anthony Burton, are pursuing a quasi-market neutral approach to exploit twin themes of creation and destruction throughout the technology world in a new phase of rapid innovation and virtual revolution driven by the smartphone and the tablet

European asset growth slows as Eurozone crisis bites hard in H2

26 Mar 2012

Assets in European hedge funds remained stable in 2011 in the face of increasingly severe market and macro headwinds – although the Eurozone crisis took its toll in the second half

OCCO’s Wiles steers steady course through volatile times in emerging market equity

26 Mar 2012

For more than a decade Charlemagne Capital’s OCCO Eastern European fund has been one of the star performers in the often-volatile emerging market equity space – managing to capture most of the upside while minimising exposure to the downside risks to which emerging market equities have been so vulnerable
Centaurus racks up strong one-year track record with new ‘best ideas’ event vehicle

26 Mar 2012

The event-driven specialist is making good returns with a strategy that is focused on liquid investments and soft-catalyst plays in Europe, Asia and the emerging markets
Zadig’s Camox strategy up over 30% as Herbert rides liquidity-fuelled surge in European equities

26 Mar 2012
Duet to mix agricultural trading with energy and metals in high-performing commodities vehicle

26 Mar 2012

EuroHedge Summit 2012: Top industry players line up for two days of big debate in Paris

26 Mar 2012

With just over a month to go, the final programme for this year’s ninth annual EuroHedge Summit – to be held again at the Palais de la Bourse in Paris on 24-26 April – is nearing completion

Consolidation: it’s all about culture

26 Mar 2012

What emerges most clearly is the importance of culture when putting together asset management businesses where the only real assets are your own people and the investors they serve