Financial News Online US-  A few years ago, this column wrote about problems at the little known but ambitious US hedge fund Hubris Capital Management LLC and the strong performance of its flagship funds Nemesis and Icarus. While the firm did not, of course, exist, it might as well have done given the collective hubris […]

LONDON (Reuters) - UK listed funds may be struggling to raise money in the wake of the credit crisis, but funds of hedge funds could thrive in 2008 as investors hunt for returns through all market conditions.
Recent stock market volatility and a meagre 5.3 percent return from the FTSE All Share .FTAS index in 2007 […]

Independent.co.uk - Northern Rock and its two biggest shareholders are battling for the votes of small investors who could decide the outcome of the bank’s extraordinary general meeting next week.
Individual investors rarely decide votes at company meetings, which are dominated by giant institutions. But Northern Rock has around 180,000 […]

Bloomberg - The Financial Services Authority, the U.K.’s markets regulator, said it won’t require hedge funds to disclose their holdings in London’s commodity markets.
The FSA said in June that it may publish reports like those from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC’s weekly Commitment of Traders report shows how much trading is […]

FINalternatives - HFG Investments, a Singapore-based joint venture established last year by Hana Daetoo Securities and Opvs Investment Holdings, launched its inaugural fund of hedge funds last month.
The HFG Korea Fund will invest in a range of actively managed Korea-focused hedge funds, targeting a 12% annual return. 3A Asia, the Hong Kong-based arm of alternative […]