Jul
21
Click here to access latest performance update of the EDHEC Alternative Indexes. The EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre carries out major research programmes in the areas of asset allocation and risk management in both the traditional and alternative investment universes. As a response to the need by investors for reliable benchmarks for alternative [...]
Jul
16
Gravitas Launches Dedicated Colocation Solutions
July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Gravitas Technology, the leader in providing technology services to the alternative investment management industry, today announced that it has expanded its colocation offering by securing a dedicated facility at a premier, highly secure data center in the US northeast. Gravitas has completed several large colocation projects for forward-looking asset management firms, and with the acquisition [...]
Jul
7
New Hedge Fund Workshop Series
July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Interested in some continuing education sessions about the issues faced by hedge funds and their advisers? You are in luck. Now there such a series being hosted in conjunction with Opalesque and many of the leaders in the hedge fund industry. This seems like a good opportunity to come together and explore issues such as troublesome provisions encountered in private [...]
Jul
7
EDHEC Welcomes New Members to Advisory Board
July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre is pleased to announce that seven new members have joined its international advisory board, which brings together high-level representatives from regulatory bodies, leading pension funds, professional organisations and business partners. The role of the international advisory board is to validate the relevance and goals of the research [...]
Jun
10
Gardner Energy MacroIndexR (GEMIR) Gains 3% In April
June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Zug, Switzerland, June, 10th, 2008:Gardner Finance AG (Gardner) reports that the Gardner Energy MacroIndex® (GEMI®), an Index which tracks the performance of energy hedge funds across a number of carefully selected strategies, gained 3.0% in April, 2008. The GEMI®’s gains were attributed to performance in the Relative Value Trading, Long/Short Equity and Mezzanine Debt components [...]
Jun
3
CITADEL Appoints Head of Securitized Products
June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Bill King to join Citadel from JPMorgan May 28, 2008, Chicago – Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. announced today that Bill King will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Securitized Products. Mr. King previously served as Global Co-Head of Securitized Products at JPMorgan. “This is an unprecedented time in the securitization [...]
May
24
AlternativeSoft Delivers New Software Release; Includes Free Hedge Fund Database
May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Zurich, Switzerland, May 23rd 2008, AlternativeSoft to deliver a new software release AlternativeSoft presents a new release of its software which includes a free hedge fund and fund of funds database. Credit Agricole, France’s largest banking group, has teamed up with AlternativeSoft to deliver its CASAM CISDM database to its clients at no charge. [...]
May
22
Hedge Funds Bounce Back in April
May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
EDHEC Alternative Indexes reports the following: The month of April was characterised by a very strong positive return in the stock market, as shown by the 4.87% return of the S&P 500, the best monthly performance since December 2003. This is also the first positive return since last October. Market volatility fell by five points to [...]
May
21
GRAVITAS Builds Out Consulting and More
May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
NEW YORK – May 21, 2008 – Gravitas Technology, a leading technology service provider to the alternative investment management industry, today announced several new hires to aid in the firm’s expansion of its new and existing divisions, including Business Consulting Services, Systems Integration, Software Services and New Business Development. The addition of these talented professionals [...]
May
13
Welcome to the New Hedge Fund Center!
May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments
It has been a lot of work, but we managed to get Hedge Fund Center to the point where it is now ready for prime time. The new blog architecture will lend itself to our mission of education and transparency by making it much easier to pubish new content, enable visitors to post comments and [...]
