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May 2012

Man Group starts fightback with AHL and FRM moves

May 24, 2012
New credit launches line up as JPM loss roils volatile markets

May 24, 2012
Frontier EM specialist Insparo targets new markets with hiring of BlueBay man Walsh

May 24, 2012
Tiber rolls out successful proprietary trading strategies to investors

May 24, 2012
Financials specialist Tenax launches €200m credit vehicle run by former BofA man Guy

May 24, 2012
Pictet builds fund range with Agora and Kronos equity vehicles

May 24, 2012
April volatility hits long/shorts, May looks worse

May 24, 2012
Global, EM equity managers struggle in changing markets

May 24, 2012
Indices down a bit in April as volatility picks up

May 24, 2012
CTAs and commodity strategies beat the retreat again in April

May 24, 2012
Losers outweigh winners in volatile macro space

May 24, 2012
Jabre tops fallers in a mixed bag for multi-strategy

May 24, 2012
Mixed returns in event-driven see several stumble

May 24, 2012
Eclectica bucks trend in flat month in credit

May 24, 2012
Even GSA posts loss as equity market-neutral and quant funds stutter

May 24, 2012
CICC eyes alliances with global managers

May 21, 2012
Saka’s Liquid Credit fund grows to $300 million

May 21, 2012
Asian managers cutting back on shorts

May 21, 2012
Everest hires ex-Orchard portfolio manager

May 21, 2012
Mishra’s Indea shuts India-focused hedge fund

May 21, 2012
Huttenlocher’s Myriad joins Asia’s billion dollar club

May 21, 2012
Gottex-Penjing deal creates major allocator in Asia

May 21, 2012
Ascalon receives Hong Kong licence

May 21, 2012
mCAPITAL eyes $75m for new special sits fund

May 21, 2012
Enhanced Investment Products launching new overlay fund

May 21, 2012
Ex-Tiresias managers in comeback bid with Athos

May 21, 2012
CalPERS’ hedge funds still in the red

May 17, 2012
University of Maryland hires Gallo as CIO

May 17, 2012
Signia hires Patel to head alternatives

May 17, 2012
ARK raises $23m from charity dinner gala

May 17, 2012
Allenbridge merges with Moody’s ratings to form AIS

May 17, 2012
Gottex-Penjing deal creates major allocator in Asia

May 17, 2012
Huttenlocher’s Myriad joins Asia’s billion dollar club

May 17, 2012
Drury eyes Asia as part of global push

May 11, 2012
Everest hires ex-Orchard portfolio manager

May 11, 2012
HSBC appoints head for prime broking business in Asia

May 11, 2012
JP Morgan launches new trade status service

May 11, 2012
Lyxor shutters two Asia funds following poor performance

May 11, 2012
Louisiana to interview FoHF finalists

May 08, 2012
Osborne returns to Permal

May 08, 2012
Québec’s Caisse reports meagre hedge fund gains in 2011

May 08, 2012
Aksia beefs up London office

May 08, 2012
Gottex assets grow by 3.1% in Q1

May 08, 2012
Japan’s PFA taps RiskMetrics

May 08, 2012
SkyBridge bolsters sales team

May 08, 2012
High net worths stick with hedge funds

May 08, 2012
Hedge funds still rule over the longer term, says KPMG

May 08, 2012
Asian long/short managers cutting back on shorts

May 04, 2012
EIP eyes new overlay fund, sees strong performance in vol arb vehicle

May 04, 2012
Mishra’s Indea shutters India-focused hedge fund

May 04, 2012
Nightscape signs accelerator capital deal with Grosvenor

May 04, 2012
The legacy of Georges Coulon Karlweis

May 03, 2012

A tribute by Alexandre Col, member of the executive committee, Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA
Crunch time as UK local authorities review FoHF holdings

May 03, 2012
Massachusetts seeks help to liquidate $2.8bn in FoHFs

May 03, 2012
Farallon and Bridgewater win as UTIMCO invests $660m

May 03, 2012
Sweden’s Forsta to boost portfolio with CTAs

May 03, 2012
Pennsylvania Public Schools adds risk parity with latest asset allocation

May 03, 2012
Texas Municipal Retirement extends education

May 03, 2012
UK’s Hertfordshire plans $488m foray into alternatives

May 03, 2012
Japan’s BFC on the lookout for new manager talent

May 03, 2012
Indiana Police still on the hunt for diversified FoHFs

May 03, 2012
Ohio PERS seeks five managers for $450m, explores risk parity

May 03, 2012
Texas Permanent takes strategic route with Grosvenor and Blackstone

May 03, 2012
K2 placed on alert at Chicago Park Pension

May 03, 2012
San Jose readies $500m in direct allocations

May 03, 2012
New Jersey targets multi-alternative cocktail

May 03, 2012
Norway’s Opplysningsvesents ready to reconsider hedge funds via CTAs

May 03, 2012
RIC Watch: Planned Lazard fund to cater to tax reporting legislation

May 03, 2012

Lazard Alternatives Strategies Fund
Kenmar, Olympia tie the knot

May 03, 2012
Juchault enters emerging space

May 03, 2012
Arden announces macro RIC

May 03, 2012
Mesirow takes over Wells Fargo RIC

May 03, 2012
New French platform Emergence seeds Eiffel via NewAlpha

May 03, 2012
Pictet rolls out Agora, Kronos long/short equity strategies

May 02, 2012
Man Group shares drop despite better first-quarter results

May 02, 2012
AIMA/KPMG study shows long-term hedge fund outperformance

May 02, 2012
CQS adds BlackRock veteran Mallick for long/short credit

May 02, 2012
Polar hires Sloane Robinson European equity man Hufton

May 02, 2012
Northill Capital boosts senior team with two new partners

May 02, 2012
Hedge fund redemptions fall again in April, says GlobeOp

May 02, 2012
State Street FX strategies join Deutsche dbSelect platform

May 02, 2012
Lawyer Dillon Eustace opens full-service Cayman practice

May 02, 2012
April 2012

Devonshire's mCAPITAL eyes raising $75m for new special situations credit fund

April 26, 2012
Hybrid portfolio specialist Skybound gets new CIO

April 26, 2012
Macquarie shuts down fund focused on Europe and Asia

April 25, 2012
Saka credit fund grows to $300 million

April 25, 2012
Ascalon receives Hong Kong license

April 25, 2012
Milltrust builds appetite for emerging markets in North America

April 25, 2012
Ex-Tiresias managers in comeback bid with new event-driven fund

April 23, 2012
Commodities in spotlight as new fund line-up swells

April 20, 2012
Tiger backs macro launch from ex-Norges Bank heads at Trient

April 20, 2012
Ex-BlueGold founder Le Mee lines up new Abydos commodity equities firm

April 20, 2012
Northill buys majority interest in insurance-linked specialist Securis

April 20, 2012
Sequent Capital up and running again with rebuilt managed futures strategy

April 20, 2012
Sustainable investor Roodhals starts to gain traction as assets build

April 20, 2012
Louis Dreyfus spin-off Eiffel IG rolls out credit, equity and derivative fund suite

April 20, 2012
Oak Hill taps GS man Henderson to head European operation

April 20, 2012
Flat end to strong Q1 as equity markets weaken

April 20, 2012
GLG, Hadron shine in a lacklustre month for multi-strat and mixed arb

April 20, 2012
Bounce-back in global equity stalls as markets turn volatile

April 20, 2012
Dispersion returns as indices flatten in March

April 20, 2012
CTAs caught offguard as market environment turns choppy again

April 20, 2012
Macro divergence continues as Q1 winners and losers split

April 20, 2012
Fixed income and credit managers keep the returns coming

April 20, 2012
Q1 ends on mixed note for EM debt and equity players

April 20, 2012
Indiana Police still on the hunt for FoHFs

April 20, 2012
Lawrence takes CEO role at Colorado University

April 20, 2012
Mercer builds investment business with new hires

April 20, 2012
Parker Global launches managed futures product

April 20, 2012
Greater China long/short specialist Tat Au Yeung rebuilds with a rebrand

April 19, 2012
Veteran Ruan spins out of Ajia to set up RAYS Capital

April 18, 2012
Yang joins Falcon Edge to head Asia investments

April 18, 2012
Stone Drum directs more attention to Asia

April 18, 2012
Terra closes Bangladesh fund as ‘deep value’ evaporates

April 18, 2012
GAM shutters Greater China, Japan hedges

April 18, 2012
Octagon abandons quant-based short fund

April 18, 2012
Segantii Capital’s multi-strat fund breaches $500 million

April 18, 2012
Vistra readies launch of incubation platform in Hong Kong

April 18, 2012
ICH pulls Phoenix, citing poor appetite

April 18, 2012
Galaxy seeks seed investors for new quant vehicle

April 18, 2012
Nomura star Fuchs gets Asian Opportunities green light

April 18, 2012
Roy readies launch of pan-Asia fixed income fund

April 18, 2012
Ex-Tiger China hand gets set for launch

April 18, 2012
RG Investment slates liquid Asia fund for Q2

April 18, 2012
Morland’s OVS builds with ex-Trafalgar, James Caird hires

April 18, 2012
AIMA highlights changes in AIFMD text from ESMA advice

April 18, 2012
Polar assets grow, but hedge fund AUM down year-on-year

April 18, 2012
Hedge funds see slight positive inflows for April – GlobeOp

April 18, 2012
Liontrust buys out Walker Crips firm, brings funds in-house

April 18, 2012
Consultant KB Associates hires Ritchie as executive director

April 18, 2012
Man hires systematic veteran Chari to co-head FX at AHL

April 12, 2012
Lyxor joins with Caxton-linked HAWK for UCITS launch

April 12, 2012
BlueGold returns capital after rollercoaster four-year run

April 12, 2012
RiverRock in second closing for SME direct lending vehicle

April 12, 2012
London-based CTA firm Sequent joins dbSelect platform

April 12, 2012
German group Aquila adds Gudat to manage quant funds

April 12, 2012
Source teams with JP Morgan, Nomura for volatility ETFs

April 12, 2012
Admin firm Maples Fund Services expands European team

April 12, 2012
Massachusetts seeks FoHF transition help

April 11, 2012
US Department of Labor eyes guidelines for pension schemes

April 04, 2012
University of Kentucky taps Prisma

April 04, 2012
Kern County debates direct versus FoHFs

April 04, 2012
Japanese Teachers’ Mutual Aid expands

April 04, 2012
Arden, direct managers see $1bn inflows from New Jersey

April 04, 2012
UK’s Dorset County Council Pension Fund banks on Barings

April 04, 2012
Jaguar maps hedge fund course thanks to Towers Watson

April 04, 2012
Canadian institutions hedge expectations

April 04, 2012
Arrowhawk continues to cause controversy in Kentucky

April 04, 2012
UK borough Camden hires BlueCrest for $80 million mandate

April 04, 2012
Waltham Forest edges close to making first investment

April 04, 2012
UK corporate pensions explore new hedge fund territory

April 04, 2012
San Antonio Fire and Police plans to hire five single managers

April 04, 2012
Massachusetts may terminate FoHFs

April 04, 2012
RIC Watch: Morgan Stanley spins out dedicated macro strategies RIC

April 04, 2012

Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund of Hedge Funds
AllianceBernstein debuts in the RIC arena as both Morgan Stanley and Permal add specialist products

April 04, 2012
Stenham hires Balan to head risk management and research

April 04, 2012
Man launches online managed accounts transparency portal

April 04, 2012
SAIL Advisors adds Filiberti to beef up US presence

April 04, 2012
UBP buys Nexar as FoHF snowball grows

April 04, 2012
Coast Asset Management to sell remaining FoHF business

April 04, 2012
Cordsen re-joins Permal as VP of business development

April 04, 2012
AIMA voices concern over new EC text for AIFM directive

April 03, 2012
Ex-M&G man Gaughan joins new Asian-focused firm RG

April 03, 2012
BTG co-founder Arida to replace Esteves as Paris keynote

April 03, 2012
LOIM unveils new senior team after Nahas quits to go solo

April 03, 2012
Markit buys Data Explorers, eyes product range expansion

April 03, 2012
HSBC Securities Services hires Pullen for UK sales growth

April 03, 2012
Maples adds 10 from Walkers to boost offshore fund teams

April 03, 2012
Sustainable investing fund Branta sees assets up 64% in Q1

April 03, 2012
Ex-Morgan Stanley fixed income trader set to launch in May

April 03, 2012
Former Nomura star Fuchs now ready to launch Asian Opportunities vehicle

April 03, 2012
Terra Partners’ Bangladesh fund is shuttered

April 03, 2012
BNY Mellon launches FX service in Asia

April 02, 2012

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