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Investor News
News
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More Nordic investors to allocate capital to hedge funds, according to SEB Enskilda survey
Aug 17, 2011 -
Hedge funds face operational uncertainty over FATCA
Aug 17, 2011 -
Regulators have still not learned lessons from 2008, leading hedge fund consultant warms
Aug 15, 2011 -
Short-selling restrictions enforced in more eurozone countries
Aug 12, 2011 -
COO Connect launches networking platform for buy-side COOs
Aug 11, 2011
Press Releases
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Eze Castle Integration Advances Cloud Computing For More Than 100 Customers
Aug 03, 2011 -
BRIAN V.S. McKENNA JOINS MERLIN INSTITUTIONAL GROUP AS PARTNER
Aug 03, 2011 -
State Street and InfraHedge Form Strategic Alliance to Offer Enhanced Capabilities to Institutional Investors in Hedge Funds
Jul 28, 2011 -
DST Systems to acquire ALPS
Jul 23, 2011 -
Spectrum Global Fund Admin became AlphaMetrix
Jul 23, 2011
Opinion
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The Shadow of Shadow Banking
Jul 08, 2011 -
GAIM Operational due diligence conference in Cayman: Views from a COO
May 11, 2011 -
Alpha Waves: The Chauffeur Always Dies First
Mar 28, 2011 -
Ucits IV: Some common sense from Europe....Finally
Mar 03, 2011 -
Alpha Waves: Road Warriors in the Transparency Wars
Jan 31, 2011
Corporate governance featured highly in an institutional investor guide laying out terms for the allocation of capital to hedge funds.
May 31, 2011
The $71 billion asset manager Man Group has established a standalone CTA trading team in Hong Kong.
European Union (EU) rules curtailing the naked short selling of sovereign debt and bonds must not result in regulatory arbitrage among member states, according to Steven Maijoor, chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
Alternative asset manager Investcorp has provided seed capital to Prosiris Capital Management, the New York hedge fund led by former Goldman Sachs managing director Reza Ali.
Highland Capital Management, the $23 billion Dallas-based hedge fund, is being sued by the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System over its $15 million investment in the now defunct Crusader Fund.
May 25, 2011
Hedge funds that utilise social media such as Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook to interact with investors must ensure their staff are fully compliant when using these digital communications platforms.
Hedge funds look set to experience a significant inflow of institutional capital over the next three years, according to research specialists Preqin.
Dublin-based fund administrator Custom House Global Fund Services has announced the Phase Two launch of its Chariot Web Dealing platform.
Leverage among hedge funds has declined over the last 12 months, according to data from the Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research.
Concerns that complex investment strategies and derivatives instruments are being shoehorned into Ucits vehicles have been partially allayed by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).
May 16, 2011
