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October 2010
October 29, 2010
The New Mexico state employee pension has dropped Farallon from its $30 million mandate.
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October 29, 2010
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October 29, 2010
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October 29, 2010
Two former colleagues from Goldman Sachs’s fund of funds group, who later separately took posts at Galleon Group and Karsch Capital Management, have set up a risk management consulting business.
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October 29, 2010
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October 29, 2010
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October 29, 2010
Stressed bond investor Phoenix Investment Adviser hires Donald Curran to spearhead its institutional marketing effort.
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October 29, 2010
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October 29, 2010
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October 28, 2010
Buffett must have been looking at far more than relative out-performance when he selected Todd Combs.
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October 27, 2010
Indices have always dominated the institutional investors’ mindset, but they are increasingly becoming a key part of an investors’ tool kit.
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October 27, 2010
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October 27, 2010
BlueCrest is planning to shut down the $600 million UCITS version of its multi-billion dollar BlueTrend systematic trading CTA strategy because of fears that the tracking error between the onshore version of the strategy and the original offshore version is about to exceed its maximum permitted level
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October 27, 2010
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October 27, 2010
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October 27, 2010
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October 27, 2010
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October 27, 2010
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October 26, 2010
Paul Singer will now share CIO duties but remain CEO.
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October 26, 2010
AR has the monthly numbers here
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October 26, 2010
Michael Messner and Paul Shiverick have had a good 2010, and are planning to soft close their flagship fund at yearend.
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October 26, 2010
Swiss banking group SYZ & Co has launched high-yield currencies fund within the UCITS wrapper.
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October 26, 2010
Commodities trading advisor, Systematic Alpha Management, has added its fund to the Deutsche Bank platform – so investors can access a UCITS-compliant version of the fund.
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October 26, 2010
The head of little-known Castle Point Capital Management was revealed today as Warren Buffett’s hand-picked designee to manage Berkshire Hathaway’s investments.
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October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010
Quaesta Capital has opened its UCITS-compliant fund to all investors for the first time.
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October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010
Aviva Investors has been awarded a $12.6 million (£8 million) mandate to run part of the UCITS-compliant Skandia UK Strategic Best Ideas Fund.
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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October 21, 2010
With an initial €2 billion committed from major institutions and a growing line-up of experienced fund managers, the new Ivaldi vehicle aims to offer a unique absolute return asset management platform
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October 21, 2010
After several fantastic years, Jim Melcher’s Balestra Capital Partners has stumbled, and is down on the year for the first time since 2006.
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October 21, 2010
Credit Suisse’s Asset Management Finance subsidiary has purchased an interest in Daniel Stern’s Reservoir Capital.
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October 21, 2010
Assets into UCITS funds are expected to be driven by the return of retail investors to the hedge fund market next year, according to Gottex Fund Management.
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October 20, 2010
Investment bank Barclays Capital has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled hedge fund replicator fund which is UCITS III compliant.
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October 20, 2010
Finnish hedge fund manager Estlander & Partners has launched a UCITS III compliant fund.
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October 20, 2010
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October 20, 2010
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October 20, 2010
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October 20, 2010
Comprehensive data and analysis of hedge fund and fund of funds performance by HedgeFund Intelligence.
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October 20, 2010
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October 20, 2010
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October 19, 2010
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October 19, 2010
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October 19, 2010
Blackstone has invested $150 million.
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October 19, 2010
A number of Deutsche Bank’s clients are considering a move into UCITS wrapper, according to Manfred Schraepler.
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October 19, 2010
Exane Asset Management fund manager, Hervé Ragagnon, is handing over full responsibility for the long term strategy of its largest and oldest hedge fund.
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October 19, 2010
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October 19, 2010
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October 19, 2010
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October 19, 2010
After seven-and-a-half years at the firm, Marjorie Kaufman is gone.
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October 19, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
Amundi launches its first UCITS III multimanager absolute return fund
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
Kairos Capital has been giving managers of traditional offshore hedge fund seeding money to start their own UCITS funds.
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
Traditional long-only asset managers are launching more UCITS hedge fund products, according to Isabelle Tykoczinski from consultants Kinetic Partners.
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 18, 2010
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October 15, 2010
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October 15, 2010
Colin Smith has joined with other Deephaven alumni to offer a new event-driven hedge fund.
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October 15, 2010
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October 15, 2010
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October 15, 2010
Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments has been selected, on a sub-advisory basis, to manage a quarter amounting to around $116.5 million of UBS PACE Alternative Strategies Investments.
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October 15, 2010
The majority of fees for UCITS ‘clones’ are – officially at least - lower or the same as their hedge fund counterparts according to new research from HedgeFund Intelligence.
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October 15, 2010
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October 14, 2010
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October 14, 2010
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October 14, 2010
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October 14, 2010
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October 13, 2010
This year’s symposium will include panels discussing regulatory issues, best practices, technology and strategies in Latin America.
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October 13, 2010
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October 13, 2010
RiceHadley will provide political and economic advice as the firm expands its investments in frontier markets.
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October 13, 2010
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October 13, 2010
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October 13, 2010
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October 13, 2010
Jefferson's Hildene Capital Management is producing stunning returns in a drab year by investing in small community banks.
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October 13, 2010
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October 13, 2010
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October 13, 2010
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October 12, 2010
The performance for most UCITS indices in September was positive – based on initial estimated with more than half of the UCITS hedge fund universe reporting.
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October 12, 2010
RWC Partners has hired Susanne Sorge to boost its UCITS hedge funds profile in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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October 11, 2010
Absolute Return Partners will launch its first equity UCITS fund domiciled in Dublin, subject to regulatory approval.
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October 11, 2010
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October 11, 2010
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October 11, 2010
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October 11, 2010
GLG Partners is launching a Dublin-domiciled UCITS version of its offshore multi-asset global macro fund strategy.
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October 11, 2010
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October 11, 2010
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October 11, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
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October 08, 2010
The AR Composite Index rose 2.7% in September based on early estimates. U.S. Equity led the way, with Mixed Arbitrage taking up the rear. Mortgage backed securities funds are doing the best for the year.
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October 07, 2010
Quant Asset Management is planning to launch a UCITS III fund that will follow the investment strategy of its offshore global equities fund.
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October 07, 2010
Hedge fund UCITS umbrella provider Merchant Capital has announced the third fund to launch on its platform.
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October 07, 2010
Waterfall Asset Management has brought in an institutional sales executive from AIG’s former investment management division.
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October 06, 2010
More than 400 delegates gathered at the British Museum in London last month for the InvestHedge Forum. The hedge fund UCITS industry was discussed in a stream session.
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October 06, 2010
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October 06, 2010
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October 06, 2010
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October 06, 2010
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October 06, 2010
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October 06, 2010
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October 05, 2010
The dominance of UCITS funds is creating challenges for US-based fund managers, according to Paul Schaeffer from Forward Management.
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October 05, 2010
The UK’s retail distribution review may be extended if the financial services industry does not work with the regulator with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, Philip Warland from Fidelity International has warned.
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October 05, 2010
There are various opportunities for the fund management industry to exploit the shift to individuals taking responsibility for their own retirement, according to Yoon Ng from Cerulli Associates.
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October 05, 2010
Among the new panelists are managers from Carlson Capital, Lansdowne Partners and Visium Asset Management. A 15% discount is still available for subscribers.
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October 05, 2010
Kotak Mahindra is launching a Luxembourg-domiciled long/short fund aimed at taking advantage of growth in India.
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
Guide to current hedge fund mandates
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
HSBC is launching a 200% levered version of the group’s absolute return portfolio the HSBC GIF Global Macro Fund.
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October 04, 2010
Threadneedle Asset Management has expanded its absolute return range with a new emerging market macro UCITS III fund.
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October 01, 2010
Assets under management for UCITS that use hedge fund strategies have almost reached the $50 billion milestone.
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
Jarkko Syyrilä has been appointed to the newly created role of deputy director general the European Fund and Asset Management Association.
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
Jupiter Asset Management has launched a strategic total return fund run by former RWC Partners duo Miles Geldard and Lee Manzi.
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October 01, 2010
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October 01, 2010
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