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Endowments and foundations

Alternatives secure highest allocations from US college and university endowments in 2011

US college and university endowments favour allocations to alternatives, including hedge funds. Best returns in 2011 came from commodities/managed futures, energy/natural resources and venture capital.......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Feb 2012secure

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US endowments and foundations return to hedge funds

After two years of waiting on the sidelines, US endowments and foundations are increasingly interested in allocating to hedge funds. Stable markets have helped to free capital to invest in new managers.......

Hedge Funds Review | 04 May 2011secure

Office moves, openings and changes

Conyers opens Brazil office Cayman Islands law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has completed the official approval, formation and licensing of its São Paulo partnership by the legal regulatory authority Ordem......

Hedge Funds Review | 16 Apr 2009secure

People moves

Offshore law firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune has announced that Matt Crill and Damian Evans have been promoted to senior associate in the Jersey office. Crill joined Mourant du Feu & Jeune in November 2001.......

Hedge Funds Review | 16 Apr 2009secure

Automated FoHF reporting system aids operational risk analysis

youDevise has introduced a series of front-office analytic reports that can be generated on demand by its hedge fund information provider (HIP) offering fund of hedge fund (FoHF) portfolio management a......

Hedge Funds Review | 14 Apr 2009secure

Investment managers more positive on risk

Almost half (49%) of investment managers are less risk averse than they were in the last quarter of 2008, according to a survey by Northern Trust Global Advisors. This compared with only 23% who described......

Hedge Funds Review | 14 Apr 2009secure

AIMA puts positive spin on G20 outcome

The significant commitment to financial stability given by the Group of 20 at the close of the London summit has been welcomed by AIMA (the Alternative Investment Management Association).

Hedge Funds Review | 02 Apr 2009secure

People moves

Independent administrator for the alternative investment industry Butterfield Fulcrum has appointed William Montgomery as director of business development and Maribel Montero Cowell as senior business......

Hedge Funds Review | 16 Mar 2009secure

ANALYSIS: Effective risk management now a priority

By Brendon Donnellan and Alan Fish , financial services office of Ernst & Young It has long been accepted that risk management is a core competency for generating absolute returns within a hedge......

Hedge Funds Review | 13 Mar 2009secure

People moves

International law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has appointed Sarah Dobbyn as head of the Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency practice. Dobbyn has over 20 years of experience in cross-border insolvencies,......

Hedge Funds Review | 09 Mar 2009secure

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