Alternative Investments
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Financial Services At The Center Of M&A Party
By Staff WriterWith private equity giant Blackstone Group taking over Equity Office Properties Trust, Nasdaq Stock Markets bid for the London Stock Exchange, and Bank of America's plan to buy Schwab's U.S. Trust division, financial services are in the thick of the merger-mania that is sweeping global markets.
November 22, 2004
Hedge Fund Asset Flows Pass US$100 Billion Mark, TASS Research SaysNEW 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 22, 2004
SEI Seminar Urges Hedge Funds to Comply with New SEC RulesOAKS, Pa. (HedgeWorld.com)--The Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule isn't effective until Feb. 1, 2006, but some are advocating advance preparation regardless of the legal challenges reportedly in the works. The SEI Knowledge Partnership, an effort on the part of SEI Investments' investment manager market unit to analyze business and...
November 22, 2004
MSCI Indexes Show Small Gains in OctoberNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge fund performance was up slightly last month, with directional trading strategies topping the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite and Process Group indexes. The composite index gained 0.8% with 65% of funds reporting their October returns by Nov. 10. The hedge fund index has yet to surpass the MSCI...
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...