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December 08, 2006
--Christophe Lee, ceo at SHK Fund Management, discussing the Latin American hedge fund markets.
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December 08, 2006
Two senior members of 3A, the alternatives arm of $18 billion Swiss banking concern Syz & Co., have formed Modula Capital Advisers and are launching a high volatility fund of funds next month.
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December 08, 2006
Larry Jones, senior investment manager and chief risk officer at London-based fund of funds firm Attica Alternative Investments, will leave the firm in late January to become cio at Nedgroup Investment Advisors.
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December 08, 2006
Andrew McCaffery, ex-ceo at London-based fund of funds firm Attica Alternative Investments, has resurfaced at the $143 billion Aberdeen Asset Managers, where he will oversee its first foray into hedge fund-style offerings.
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December 08, 2006
The slowdown in U.S. residential real estate markets is not a chief concern to Kevin Bannon, chief investment officer at The Bank of New York.
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December 08, 2006
Jodi Tan has departed New York's Chimay Capital Management, where she was cfo, after less than one year.
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December 08, 2006
The Powers Energy Fund, a long-biased energy hedge fund managed by Evanston, Ill., firm Powers Asset Management, returned a whopping 20.85% in November on the strength of a few concentrated investments.
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December 08, 2006
The table below displays some of October's top performing funds of funds, according to data provided by Eurekahedge.
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December 08, 2006
Harcourt Investment Consulting, the Swiss firm with around $4 billion under management, has rolled out a new multi-strategy fund of hedge funds focused on Latin America.
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December 08, 2006
Early reports from hedge fund and managed futures databases point to a strong November month of returns for both alternatives classes.
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December 08, 2006
Multi-billion dollar investment firm Japonica Partners has closed its latest round of fundraising and is now preparing to put the estimated $6 billion to use.
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December 08, 2006
Liongate Capital Management, the London-based fund of hedge funds firm, has hired a risk manager and an analyst to build out its research team.
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December 08, 2006
Fresh off his settlement with Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Third Point's Daniel Loeb has started attacking his next target, Pogo Producing Company.
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December 08, 2006
NBGI Private Equity, a London-based firm with £400-500 million under management, is seeking to hire a director to develop its private equity business in the north of England.
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December 08, 2006
The table below shows in $ millions new allocations gained by alternative managers so far this month.
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December 08, 2006
NewAlpha Advisers, the hedge fund seeding arm of Paris-based ADI, is bullish on Asia and plans to invest in managers based there.
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December 08, 2006
The Dutch pension scheme for painters, Afbouw & Onderhoud Stichting Pensioenfonds, has increased its alternative investments to 10% of its total assets from 2%, reports AIN sister publication Global Money Management.
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December 08, 2006
Pirate Capital, the activist hedge fund firm run by Thomas Hudson, has closed its position in energy concern Mirant Corp, taking a profit of $44 million, or nearly 60% in the process.
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December 08, 2006
A handful of quantitative trading mavens from the City are launching a Cambridge, U.K.-based hedge fund that will work with staff from Cambridge University, reports AIN sister publication Derivatives Week.
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December 08, 2006
Talisman Global Asset Management is seeking to hire an analyst to help manage its direct investments.
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December 08, 2006
Going Long: Steve Galbraith, Maverick Capital partner, whose recent assessments about the alternatives industry actually make sense.
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December 08, 2006
Threadneedle Investments, the London-based asset management firm, will launch a long/short European small-cap equity fund in January.
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December 08, 2006
Galena Asset Management, a subsidiary of commodity trading firm Trafigura Group, is planning to hard-close its flagship metals fund in the next few months.
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December 08, 2006
ZAN Partners, a London-based wealth management firm, is opening its Japan long/short hedge fund to outside investors for the first time.