hedge funds
Industry
Elliott Advisors has responded to Alliance Trust's formal circular to shareholders, rejecting the company's claims and accusing its board of resorting to "personal attacks".
27 March 2015
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Emerging markets
RWC has hired two emerging markets managers from beleaguered US hedge fund firm Everest Capital, paving the way for a significant expansion involving its first offices overseas and several new products.
26 March 2015
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Investment
Following the unexpected poor performance of ‘event driven' strategies in 2014, Philippe Ferreira, head of research, managed account platform at Lyxor Asset Management, analyses what went wrong and they are doomed to repeat the same mistakes in 2015....
05 March 2015
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Industry
Hedge fund manager Man Group has agreed to acquire fund boutique NewSmith for an undisclosed sum.
20 February 2015
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Alternatives
A rise in global M&A activity could offer investors a new source of diversification in future, according to Franklin Templeton's David Saunders.
04 February 2015
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Alternatives
Billionaire investor George Soros is finally retiring from fund management at the age of 84 to focus on political philanthropy.
23 January 2015
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Investment
Magnus Peterson, head of the collapsed Weavering hedge fund that took £354m of investor cash, has been sentenced to 13 years in jail after being found guilty of several offences.
20 January 2015
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Alternatives
Cheyne Capital's European hedge fund manager Moni Sternbach has joined GLG to work on a new mid-cap long/short strategy set to be launched later this quarter.
14 January 2015
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