Category Archives: Press Releases
ALTIN discloses full fund of hedge funds portfolio, adds CTA manager
ALTIN, the $270m multi-strategy fund of hedge funds listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, today announces its entire portfolio of holdings as part of its continued commitment to full investor transparency. ALTIN added one new manager to its […]
AIRAS Brings Transparency and Assurance to Investors in Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
Axiom Valuation announces the launch of Alternative Investment Return Authentication Service (AIRAS), a product for investors that analytically tests whether the managers of hedge funds and private equity funds are properly reporting Net Asset Values (NAV’s) and associated returns of […]
Demystifying Clouds for Application Hosting
By Bob Guilbert, Managing Director, Eze Castle Integration The Cloud is everywhere, it seems. Google has a cloud. Amazon has one. Not surprisingly, Apple unveiled its iCloud last month. The ability to host and store data, applications and other infrastructures […]
Hedge Fund ‘Start-Up Kit’ Launch
SKCG Group, the risk management and insurance advisor to some of the world’s largest hedge funds, has designed a program for hedge funds that includes a ‘Start-Up Kit’ for emerging managers. The program grows in sophistication as the fund’s assets […]
SEC Extends Deadline for Currently Unregistered Investment Advisors
Rothstein Kass – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the registration deadline for currently unregistered investment advisors to March 30, 2012. In addition, the SEC adopted rules to implement Title IV provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to […]
Northern Trust Launches Intraday Automated Updates for Hedge Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Northern Trust has enhanced its Hedge Fund Monitor product with a series of new features designed to improve automation and straight-through processing, enabling Northern Trust’s Funds of Hedge Funds (FoHF) clients across the globe to access performance, […]
Summer Issue of aiCIO: Hedge Funds of Funds Must Adapt or Die
” The End of the 3 and 30 “, from the summer issue ofaiCIO, published today, looks at how hedge funds of funds must adapt or perish, and concludes that a large number will fold regardless of what they do. […]
Hedge Fund Launches: Direxion’s Five New Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment strategies to sophisticated investors, is launching five new Direxion Daily ETFs to its existing lineup of multi-directional funds. The new ETFs include: Bull and Bear funds that seek 300% of the daily performance, […]
BNY Mellon Asset Management Names Alan Harden as CEO of Asia-Pacific
BNY Mellon Asset Management has announced the appointment of Alan Harden as CEO of Asia-Pacific. He will report to Curtis Arledge, vice chairman of BNY Mellon and chief executive officer of BNY Mellon’s Investment Management division, which includes the asset […]
Frost Investment Advisors’ mutual funds reach $2.5 billion in assets under management
Frost Investment Advisors, LLC, a registered investment adviser, today announced that its Total Return Bond Fund (FIJEX) has surpassed $500 million in assets under management, more than doubling since its launch in 2008. As of April 30, the fund ranked […]
BluMont Completes Hedge Fund Merger
BluMont Capital Corporation announced today that the merger of BluMont Core Hedge Fund into Exemplar Market Neutral Portfolio has been completed. The termination of the Core Hedge Fund was effective as of May 27, 2011. In that regard, BluMont Capital […]
Highland Capital Management Responds to Lawsuit from Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
Highland Capital Management, L.P., a Dallas-based, SEC-registered investment adviser with approximately $23 billion in assets under management issued the following response to a lawsuit from the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System: Highland Capital believes this lawsuit is both without merit […]