From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: Managing assets in the “mile high” city of Denver in the US state of Colorado, offers distinct opportunities for hedge funds that are not available to fund managers in other financial centers in the

By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: Amit Mehta, founder and partner and managing partner, Mark Hewlett of Anello Asset Management believe that investors want a little TLC, or transparency, liquidity and control, in their investments. This they believe can be found through the medium of mana

The Kenmar Group, a Rye Brook-based $1.5 billion global alternative investment firm, has selected GlobeOp Financial Services to provide an extensive range of fund administration, risk and data centre-related services. Kenmar invests in managed accounts and funds across a wide variety of trad

Opalesque Industry Update - TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of financial services and retirement planning for the nonprofit sector, announced today the expansion of its endowment management business with the launch of Covariance Capital Management (Covariance). The company also announced it is prov

Opalesque Industry Update - Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, has announced that Maples Fund Services is leveraging Geneva®, Advent’s award-winning global portfolio management and fund accounting solution

The following is an analysis from the latest hedgegate FoHF Newsletter: From a Swiss perspective, the directive contains clear improvements compared to the first draft. The phased introduction of "third-c

Opalesque Industry Update - Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, has announced that Maples Fund Services is

Opalesque Industry Update - TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of financial services and retirement planning for the nonprofit sector, announced today the expansion of its endowment management business w

The Kenmar Group, a Rye Brook-based $1.5 billion global alternative investment firm, has selected GlobeOp Financial Services to provide an extensive range of fund administration, risk and data centre-

Opalesque Industry Update - After having worked for a leading Argentinean law firm, followed by one of the most prestigious multi-jurisdictional offshore power houses and also for the largest law fir

Opalesque Industry Update - Helvetic Fund Administration Ltd, Gibraltar’s longest established fund administration company, (the Company or Helvetic) announces that it has completed the migration of th

A roundup of the week’s hedge fund launches, closures, index performance, trends, regulatory, legal, and financial events pertaining to the alternative investments industry. Last week, we heard of fund launches from Odey Asset Management (global macro UCITS III), Astra Investimentos (a

From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Board of Directors of Ashmore Global Opportunities Limited (AGOL), an emerging markets focused investment firm based in Guernsey, UK, has unanimously voted against the “Wind-up Resolution” as they believe

From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: The bulk of technology spending in the hedge fund industry during 2011 will be spent on maintenance as firms await final regulation before spending money on IT solutions for compliance requirements. This, together with continued growth in the number of

Opalesque Industry Update - Man Group plc (“Man”) has finalised the terms of an agreement with Citi Global Transaction Services’ Securities and Fund Services division (“Citi”) to become Man’s global s

Opalesque Industry Update - The Greenwich Composite Investable Index built on its success in January with its second month of gains in 2011. The monthly redemption Composite Index advanced by 99 basi

From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: Hedge fund data tracker HedgeFund.net has released its latest HFN

From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: Once you have located the non-descript, Secaucus, NJ building that houses world-class data center facility NY4 there are a few barriers to entry. These include security staff, keypad codes and five different biometric scanners that evaluate over 300 po

From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Plagued with the perennial problem of bureaucratic red tape, corruption and inconsistent policies, the Indian government through its Ministry of Corporate Affairs, recently released a General Circular which aims to speed up the process of business incorporatio

Opalesque Industry Update - Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex), a leading independent global alternative asset management group, announces its annual results for the year ended 31 Decemb

The following is a research note from Zurich-based asset management firm Arsago, looking at the implications of Dilma Rousseff’s victory in the Brazilian Presidential election. Summary: We said in the lead-up to the final round of

This is an executive summary of a paper authored last year by Thomas Kuntz, CEO of New Jersey-based firm called Polymetis LLC, which offers due diligence, investment research, strategic consulting, and advisory s

The following piece was authored by Charles E. F. Millard, President of Cardinal Advisors, LLC, based in New York City. Cardinal provides consulting in various areas of financial services, with a particular emphasis on interacting with pensions, i

This article was authored by Alric Lindsay, a Cayman-based independent director, who prior to his experience working as an investment funds attorney for two global law firms, was a senior compliance analyst with the Cayman Islands Monetary Author

This article was authored by Niaz Khan, Associate Director of dms Management Ltd.: Fundamental to my work as an Associate Director at dms Management Ltd. is travelling to major financial centres to meet with investment managers of hedge fund c

This article was authored by William Mulligan, CEO of HedgeOp Compliance, LLC: With the signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act, fund advisors need to determine not only IF they are required to register but WHEN they are

This article was authored by Jay B. Gould, Ildiko Duckor, Clint A. Keller and Michael G. Wu of international law firm Pillsbury: In recent years, many hedge funds have significantly increased their holdings in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Historically, hedge funds primarily acquired short posit

This article was authored by U.S.-based research and consulting house Woodbine Associates. The final form of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is essentially complete and awaiting Senate confirmation; now, at