Tag Archives: retail investors


Selector hails rise of Ucits III hedge funds

Citywire.co.uk – Fund selector Christian Lundström, from Independent Investment Group in Sweden, is welcoming the evolution of the Ucits III space which is seeing more and more hedge fund groups entering the area. Last week, HSBC Asset Management’s Farley Thomas warned […]

Winton to Start Japan Fund, Hire H.K. Staff in Asian Expansion

Winton Capital Management Ltd., the U.K. hedge fund with $12 billion in assets, will start a new fund in Japan and hire staff in Hong Kong as it expands when rivals such as Citadel Investment Group LLC retreat from Asia. […]

INTERVIEW-AQR hedging its bets with big mutual fund plan

CNN Money – AQR Capital Management LLC, among the world’s largest hedge fund managers, will introduce another hedge fund-style mutual fund next month, as it expands its reach beyond the biggest investors. Greenwich, Connecticut-based AQR, a $20 billion firm led […]

Barron’s Top 100 Ranking Hedge Funds for 2009

Barron’s is out with its annual hedge fund 100 list and we wanted to post up all the media relating to it. Barron’s mentions that hedge fund assets plummeted from $1.9 trillion to $1.4 trillion throughout the course of 2008. […]

Gartmore to push into retail hedge fund market

Reuters – Fund manager Gartmore is preparing a major push into the UK retail hedge fund market after picking up strong demand for its first products in the sector, a senior executive said. The plan comes after a rough year […]

FX Trading Grows 250% as Investors Look For Alternative to Hedge Fund Trading

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Deutsche Bank’s foreign exchange (FX) trading platform, dbFX.com, reported a surge in customer numbers in 2008 as FX grew as an asset class of choice for investors amid the financial crisis. The trading platform saw […]

Westpac freeze on $1.2b held in US hedge fund

Sydney Morning Herald – The Westpac-controlled BT Investment Management delivered grim season’s greetings to retail investors when it froze withdrawals from a $1.2 billion fund days before Christmas. The funds manager suspended all redemptions from its Global Return Fund, which has […]