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GSAM private investment fund Petershill maintains stake in hedge fund manager Altana

Goldman Sachs Asset Management through its private investment fund Petershill has exercised investment rights to keep a minority stake in Altana Wealth. Altana plans to open a third fund this year.

Hedge Funds Review | 03 Feb 2012secure

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Poor performance for hedge fund strategies in 2011 as assets under management increase

Despite lacklustre performance across many strategies, hedge funds had good inflows, ending 2011 with total AUM of $1.71 trillion. Fixed income was the best performer and equity long/short the worst.

Hedge Funds Review | 31 Jan 2012

Investable indexes: December 2011 returns

Broad hedge fund performance was down or flat for the end of 2011, with returns for the year in negative territory. There was some positive performance to be found in specific strategies.

Hedge Funds Review | 31 Jan 2012

Audio: PerTrac lifts the lid on alternative Ucits investment

Alternative Ucits is an investment vehicle people outside of Europe want to know more about. PerTrac’s comprehensive survey of the market reveals some surprises on location and size of the market.

Hedge Funds Review | 30 Jan 2012 | screening image

Hermes launches managed accounts platform to invest in CTAs

Fund of hedge funds Hermes' managed accounts platform will provide institutional investors with access to medium-sized commodity trading advisers that have maintained traditional CTA characteristics.

Hedge Funds Review | 23 Jan 2012secure

Hedging pressure-based long/short commodity strategy used for third generation commodity index

Edhec has constructed a long/short commodity strategy capturing the risk premium in commodity futures markets and that can be used to design a third generation commodity index.

Hedge Funds Review | 20 Jan 2012

Fortinbras combines strategies to launch Ucits hedge fund on Deutsche Bank platform

Fortinbras Asset Management has combined its momentum-based fixed income strategies to offer a Ucits hedge fund on Deutsche Bank's dbSelect platform. The fund also invests in FX and commodities.

Hedge Funds Review | 17 Jan 2012secure

Investable indexes: November 2011 returns

Hedge fund performance fell during November as many strategies were hit by unfavourable market conditions, caused by the continuing eurozone sovereign debt woes.

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Jan 2012

Hedge funds record modest losses in November but outflows knock billions off industry

Hedge funds had marginal losses in November as the investment environment stayed tough, while performance-based losses and outflows wiped $10 billion off the size of the industry, reports Eurekahedge....

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Jan 2012

Hedge fund strategies need to cope with volatility and uncertainty in 2012 markets

Choosing a hedge fund strategy that will perform well in 2012 is difficult. With unprecedented ambiguity about what 2012 will bring, strategies need to cope with market volatility and uncertainty.

Hedge Funds Review | 10 Jan 2012secure

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