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FoHF Lighthouse Expands Through Integration with GlobeOp

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Fund of hedge funds Lighthouse Partners announced that it is expanding its partnership with GlobeOp Financial Services to a full-service fund administration relationship. More than 20 professionals from the Lighthouse operations team in Florida will […]

Hedge Fund Group Gottex Opens Office in Dubai, Hires Ex-Lehman Manager

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Independent alternative asset and hedge fund management group, Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited, announced the opening of an office in Dubai to capitalise on the growth opportunities in the region.  In addition, Gottex appointed Wassim […]

Short Selling Outperforms FOHFs as Investors Withdraw Over $40 Billion from Hedge Funds

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – According to data released by Hedge Fund Research (HFR), the global financial and economic crises accelerated in October, contributing to continued losses in the hedge fund industry, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index falling […]

GlobeOp Hires Hedge Fund Expert as Risk Manager

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund expert Tony Glickman has joined GlobeOp Financial Services as as global head of Risk Services. Glickman will report to Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and COO, and will be based in the company’s New […]

International Regulators to Discuss Short Selling, Derivatives Regulation

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced a meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Technical Committee today, Monday, November 24 by teleconference to discuss urgent regulatory issues in the ongoing credit […]

Tech provider GlobeOp ranked in FinTech 100 and RiskTech 100

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund technology and administration provider GlobeOp Financial Services has been ranked in both the FinTech 100 and the RiskTech 100. "Technology is central to GlobeOp’s hedge fund services and this dual recognition is timely […]

New Zealand’s Absolute Return Managers Index Surge in October

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Ernst and Young New Zealand Absolute Return index surged to its second highest level since inception in October, gaining 2.83% for the month, putting year to date performance at +15.8%, and year on year […]

Dubai Real Estate Ruled by ‘Natural Selection’

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a recent real estate seminar, sponsored by World Class Group in Dubai, the keynote speaker said that the future of the real estate market will be based on Darwin’s law of natural selection. Michael […]

GlobeOp Strengthens European Domiciled Hedge Funds

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – GlobeOp announced the strengthening its European-domiciled hedge fund administration services following the licensing of its Dublin office by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, expanding the company’s existing fund administration network based in the Cayman […]

Pharos Hedge Fund Launches Office In Dubai

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Pharos Financial Advisors Limited, a specialist emerging markets fund manager, announced that it has been granted a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as an authorised firm within the Dubai International […]

Hedge Funds Praise The Receivables Exchange

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Receivables Exchange, the world’s first online marketplace for real-time trading of accounts receivable, today announced that it has launched its proprietary patent-pending trading platform to conduct live trading of accounts receivable. “The Receivables Exchange is […]