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Survival of boutiques under threat
The chief aspiration of many a talented but ... Instead, boutiques espoused rapid decision-making, a more collegiate ... Large institutions spotted the prospects for the model ... Then came last year, when boutiques were not ... Practitioners fear that pressures facing boutiques threaten the...
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Odey hits jackpot with 28% rise in April
Crispin Odey, the London-based hedge fund manager who ... David Stewart, chief executive of Odey Asset Management, ... The strong performance for the year to date ... However, Odey dramatically changed tack in January, declaring ... Last week, Odey said he was surprised at...
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High-profile strategist joins ex-swimmers at hedge fund
Stephen Jen, one of Europe’s best-known currency analysts, ... Jen, who a source familiar with his plans ... Jen will be managing director of macroeconomics and ... The fund’s founders include chief investment officer Pierre ... Andurand was a member of the French junior...
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Bramdean attracts mystery bidder despite losses
Bramdean Alternatives, the listed fund of hedge funds ... In an announcement to shareholders this morning, the ... Bramdean did not reveal the identity of the ... According to the report, by the end of ... At the end of last month Bramdean Alternatives' ... The announcement of a potential takeover comes after...
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London hedge funds boutique sells out to private bank
One of the oldest funds of hedge funds ... Integrated Asset Management will dispose of Altigefi, the ... Sal Oppenheim already owns 49% of Altigefi and ... Integrated will be left with about $400m in ... Shares in Integrated, which is publicly-listed on London's ... Integrated's funds under management halved in the final...
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Hedge Funds: Managers slow to sign up to industry standards
More than two thirds of European hedge fund ... Written evidence that the board submitted to the ... The 69% that were undecided either said they ... Typical comments included “we intend to sign up, ... The small minority of managers that said outright ... The board has 48 signatories, including some of...
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Asset managers and hedge funds square up
Mainstream asset managers and hedge funds are preparing ... The weapons involved are absolute return funds – ... Financial News reported last week that Brevan Howard, ... Gartmore has just launched a European absolute return ... Other hedge fund managers, including Caxton Associates, Highbridge,...
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Hedge Funds: Short-selling ban ‘did not work’
Representatives of the financial services industry this year ... The Financial Services Authority and its counterparts in ... The restrictions barred anyone, primarily hedge funds and ... The UK lifted its ban in January; the ... The London Stock Exchange’s evidence to the Treasury...
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Lansdowne reopens flagship fund
Lansdowne Partners, one of London’s largest hedge fund ... Paul Ruddock and Steven Heinz, who launched Lansdowne’s ... One existing investor who managed to put more ... He said he believed Lansdowne had also allowed ... Alexandre Col, head of the investment fund department...
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Global hedge fund assets said to rebound by 2013
Global hedge fund assets are expected to hit ... Global hedge fund assets, which stand at $1.4 ... Marina Lewin, managing director, alternative investment services for ... Lewin said: “Hedge funds are in the process ... Institutions remain committed to hedge fund investing and...
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BlueBay goes long as hedge funds struggle
Funds at BlueBay Asset Management rose to almost ... Assets under management at the London-listed group rose ... Six months ago BlueBay managed $20.5bn, including $5.4bn ... However, stock analysts at brokers Noble pointed to ... Fees from long-only funds now account for 62%...
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Goldman Sachs promotes Rominger to CIO
The head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's fundamental ... Eileen Rominger will take overall charge of GSAM's ... According to an internal memo, GSAM has created ... Steve Barry, co-chief investment officer of growth equities, ... At the same time, Goldman Sachs has also...
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The search for the heart of the hedge fund industry
Many believe the beating heart of the global ... Financial News can reveal a new contender: a ... The heart of the UK hedge fund industry ... Europe’s largest hedge fund manager Brevan Howard Asset ... A host of other hedge fund managers, from ... All UK firms must provide registered UK addresses...
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GLG Partners’ global equities fund ranks last
UK hedge fund and asset manager GLG Partners’ ... BNY Mellon’s data shows the GLG Performance fund, ... The FTSE All World Index, against which BNY ... Despite its relatively poor performance and high fees, ... GLG’s fund has consistently produced poor returns, coming...
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Hedge funds prepare for their revival
Battered but not beaten, many hedge funds will ... Cautious institutional investors are demanding that hedge funds ... Keith Bliss, senior vice-president of sales and marketing ... A report from Boston-based consultancy Aite Group said ... A quiet period such as this should give...
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Man Group profit down 43%, launches new business
Man Group Thursday reported a 43% decline in ... In its preclose trading statement, the world's largest ... Funds under management were also down slumping 36% ... At 08.30 GMT, the shares were up 22 ... Analysts were bullish on Man Group's guidance and ... "Continued private investor demand for structured guaranteed products,...
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Pay cuts hit hedge fund staff
Staff at hedge funds suffered a 16% cut ... The average total pay cheque in the industry ... The dramatic drop in compensation reflected the 19% ... One respondent to the survey, said: "The whole ... The survey, whose initial findings were published online ... Hedge fund chief investment officers earned, on average,...
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Tops manager Marshall Wace takes retail spin
Marshall Wace Asset Management, one of London’s oldest ... Marshall Wace’s flagship Eureka equity long/short fund fell ... Marshall Wace’s decision to run funds accessible to ... Paul Marshall, who with Ian Wace founded Marshall ... “You now have a fund framework which will...
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Wealthy investors move $1 trillion
The world’s wealthiest investors last year transferred more ... Sebastian Dovey, managing partner of the London-based management ... Of the few banks reporting its new money ... But in the last quarter of the year ... Other wealth managers performing well last year included...
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EFG hedge fund unit feels the heat from investors
It seems that even being one of the ... This is one of the first insights into ... Marble Bar’s three main funds ended last year ... Marble Bar’s investors took about 45% of their ... By contrast, he said many funds with 60 ... Nevertheless, Hayeem said Marble Bar would do the...
