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Hedge Fund Asset Flows Pass US$100 Billion Mark, TASS Research Says
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)-- According to research compiled by Tremont Capital Management Inc.'s* TASS Research, the net flow into hedge funds totaled US$25.1 billion in the third quarter, a figure that brings the net inflow of assets to the industry to a record-breaking US$100 billion for 2004. For all of 2003,...
November 12, 2004
Skandia Appoints Liberty Ermitage for US$100 Million AccountSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (HedgeWorld.com)--Skandia Liv, the life insurance subsidiary of Skandia, has appointed the Liberty Ermitage Group, Jersey, to run its Japanese long/short equity account. The account will be funded gradually up to US$100 million, according to a statement LEG issued Nov. 11. LEG has been represented in the Nordic region...
November 12, 2004
Island in the Funds: Jersey Shows GrowthLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--The Jersey hedge fund industry has continued to expand, with the number of funds now serviced there rising almost 14%, to 839 funds and subfunds, over the year previous to June. Total net assets represented by those funds rose from $US102.3 billion to $US107 billion, according to Fitzrovia, which...
November 12, 2004
Former Commerzbank Executives Start Hedge Fund BusinessNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Mark Richardson, global head of derivatives at Commerzbank Securities, has joined Mehmet Dalman, former head of Commerzbank Global Equities, in building a new hedge fund-oriented asset management firm, London-headquartered WMG. Started in October, WMG is conceived as a broad-scope service provider to high-net-worth individuals, private banks and investment...
November 12, 2004
Art Institute Paints a Smaller Picture for Hedge Funds in Investment LandscapeCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--The board of trustees at the Art Institute of Chicago is ready to put the poor investments of the past behind it but will keep hedge funds as part of a newly restructured asset allocation for its endowment fund. The endowment became the poster child for improved investor due...
November 12, 2004
CalPERS Considers Doubling Hedge Fund BetSACRAMENTO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Having ramped up its hedge fund investment total to almost US$1 billion in recent months, the California Public Employees' Retirement System is now proposing to double its allocation to hedge funds. Through the end of September, the pension system had committed more than US$925 million to hedge funds....
November 11, 2004
MFS Executives Praise Value Stocks, Pan Hedge FundsThe outlook for the economy is good, but the outlook for hedge funds is not so good.[@@]Robert Manning, chief executive officer of Massachusetts Financial ...
November 09, 2004
Altin Continues Effort to Keep Stock Price in Line with NAVNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Citing its strong returns for the first nine months of the year, Altin AG, a closed-end fund of funds listed on the London and Switzerland stock exchanges, described its current share price as unjustifiably low in relation to net asset value and the quality of its investments. ...