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Dutch and German heavyweights extend hedge fund seeding activities
Four alternatives fund industry heavyweights, including manager for a Dutch pension and Germany's largest bank have today been involved in separate joint ventures to finance new hedge fund managers, showing a marked renewal of interest in financing nascent managers since the financial crisis.
09 Jan 2012
Top five absolute return fund platforms near $8bn assets
The importance of fund platforms to European investors in Ucits-compliant hedge funds has been shown by the fact the five largest platforms for such products have almost $8bn of assets on them.
04 Jan 2012
Irish fund service providers set out advantages of country as fund base
The financial stress on Ireland has been so tough it needed bailing out, and some banks have been nationalised. This led some onlookers to question if the country's fund servicing industry might suffer ‘aftershocks' from being in a related field.
21 Dec 2011
Deutsche Bank adds commodities trader to alternatives platform
Deutsche Bank has added a commodities investment strategy from America's JE Moody to its regulated hedge fund platform, as investors hunger for products that are protective from mainstream asset classes.
15 Dec 2011
Gamax Management expands into UK
Luxembourg's Gamax Management sealed an agreement with Ireland's Legal & General International so that Gamax's funds will be available to the UK company's life insurance clients.
12 Dec 2011
Swiss regulators approve bond trading platform
Galaxy MTF, an organized Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for European bonds, has been granted regulatory approval by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to operate as a foreign exchange in Switzerland.
07 Oct 2011
Lyxor to target macro and CTA managers
Lyxor Asset Management, the Paris-based subsidiary of Société Générale, is aiming to bring global macro and CTA managers to its Ucits platform, Lyxor Dimension.
04 Oct 2011
Schroders to showcase non-correlated CQS credit fund in Germany, Austria
Schroders is to run a roadshow through Germany and Austria next month for the regulated CQS Credit hedge fund on the English asset manager's GAIA platform, after the manager made 6.8% since launch in April.
29 Sep 2011
Funds update: Sloane Robinson/ Deutsche, S&P indices, Aequam, Pimco/Source, SCM
Sloane Robinson teams with Deutsche for onshore version of Asia fund, S&P opens US and European indices, Aequam launches multi-currency quant fund, Pimco adds to Mint range with Sterling-denominated ETF, SCM marks two years with fee reductions and ETF bond portfolio.
21 Jun 2011
Funds: Vistra, Frostrow Capital, Northern Trust, Eagle River, Nikko/Shelton Capital
Privium appoints Vistra to service funds out of Luxembourg on platform, Frostrow Capital opens business in Guernsey, Northern Trust becomes custodian for London manager, FRM Capital Management invests in Eagle River fund, Nikko to run Greater China fund for Shelton.
15 Jun 2011
Cofunds lines up new leadership
UK independent investment platform provider Cofunds will have a new CEO in the summer, as its current head of the business plans to move back into the role of Chairman.
21 Apr 2011
Luxembourg gets ready for European Union hedge fund jurisdiction battle
Luxembourg is gearing up to become a leading jurisdiction for the European hedge fund industry in time for implementation of the EU's alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) directive.
18 Mar 2011Regions
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Events
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum Sweden
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for Sweden takes place in Stockholm on 24 April 2012
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum France
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for France takes place in Paris on 22 May 2012.
