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Noronha’s Noster gears up for the next stage with arrival of ex-Tell partner Attard-Manché

23 Jul 2012

Set up in 2007 by ex-JP Morgan prop trader Pedro de Noronha, Noster Capital runs around $100 million in its well-performing flagship global equity/macro Global Value strategy and an opportunistic European credit fund that has started off strongly since its inception last October
Blend of science and finance sparks Paris quant firm CFM

23 Jul 2012

Capital Fund Management, the $5.7 billion French quantitative investment group, has overcome setbacks that might have sunk many other firms to become a leader in global systematic trading, with a culture that is rooted as much in scientific academic research as in investment or trading acumen

New hedge fund launches: never mind the quantity, feel the quality

23 Jul 2012

New hedge fund launches in Europe are still at record low levels, but the average size of the start-ups is high and the quality of the new generation of funds coming through is impressive

Copenhagen-based Mermaid builds on Nordic l/s success with offshore launch

23 Jul 2012

Former ABN Amro equity team target growing international demand for a Danish-run Nordic long/short equity strategy that has steadily returned more than 30% since 2007, generating positive performance in both 2008 and 2011
Cube opens up three-year-old contrarian CGO event strategy to outside investment

23 Jul 2012

Having built a strong three-year track record in tumultuous markets, the diversified alternative investment firm is opening access to its Cube Global Opportunities Fund – which focuses on sectors facing disruptive changes

The blood-letting begins – but who will benefit from burying the banks?

23 Jul 2012

Destroying the self-belief, the creativity and the vast economic contribution of the financial sector is an insanely reckless strategy