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FrontPoint launches emerging market healthcare strategy

FrontPoint Partners, the $7 billion hedge fund owned by Morgan Stanley, has added a strategy focused on healthcare equities in the emerging markets to its investment platform.

Hedge Funds Review | 13 Mar 2010

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SEB positive on hedge funds

The Swedish bank SEB has “high return expectations” for hedge funds in 2010 and 2011 and is tipping global macro, managed futures and relative value funds to deliver the best returns in the next 12......

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Mar 2010

Investors warming to Ucits hedge funds

Almost half of institutional investors in hedge funds are investing in or considering an allocation to Ucits hedge funds, according to research conducted by Preqin.

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Mar 2010

Prime custody seen as growth area for banks

Investor concerns about the safety of assets held in prime brokerage accounts has created a $400 billion opportunity for the provision of custody services to hedge funds under a 'prime custody' model,......

Hedge Funds Review | 08 Mar 2010

MSCI to acquire RiskMetrics

The investment analysis company MSCI has agreed a deal to acquire RiskMetrics Group for $1.55 billion in cash and stock.

Hedge Funds Review | 03 Mar 2010

Ramius FoHF targets trading strategies

Ramius has launched a multi-manager fund of hedge funds (FoHF) that will invest primarily in managed futures and global macro strategies through a managed account platform.

Hedge Funds Review | 02 Mar 2010

US hedge funds opposed to short selling curbs

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a rule that will restrict short selling in stocks that are rapidly falling in price. Under the rule a circuit breaker would be triggered if a stock......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Mar 2010 | secure

Cantor Fitzgerald sets up advisory unit for hedge fund investors

Cantor Fitzgerald, best known for its bond trading, brokerage and investment banking capabilities, has created a dedicated business unit to provide advisory services to hedge fund investors.

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Mar 2010 | secure

Stock loan exchanges gain traction

Exchange trading of stock loans promises to inject a needed dose of transparency and liquidity into the securities lending business. Hedge Funds Review reports on the latest developments.

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Mar 2010 | secure

Interview with Paul Britton, founder and CEO of Capstone Holdings Group

In 2007 Paul Britton decided to transform his proprietary trading operation into an asset management business open to external investors. Three years on Capstone Holdings Group and its affiliates manage......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Mar 2010 | secure

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