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02/02/2012
Today: Goldman Sachs unit to take Altana Wealth stake; TPG Capital's proposed GlobeOp acquisition its first British finance deal since 2008; SS&C takes PD Capital on as client; Stenham AM hires risk head; and more...
02/02/2012
Stenham Asset Management, the $2.7bn fund of hedge funds (FoHF) manager, has hired a new head of risk management and quantitative research.
02/02/2012
Strategic Value Partners (SVP), an investment firm with a focus on distressed, event driven and turnaround strategies, is closing the Strategic Value Special Situations Fund II (SVSS II) at $918m.
01/02/2012
GlobeOp’s £508m ($800.5m) takeover by private equity firm TPG is not yet a done deal, with less than half of the fund administrator’s shareholders definitely behind the agreement, HFMWeek has learned.
01/02/2012
Fund administrator SS&C has acquired PD Capital Management as a client after a four-week conversion from another provider, HFMWeek can exclusively reveal.
01/02/2012
Swiss asset manager Unigestion, who has $12.7bn in AuM, has appointed a new head of hedge funds following the departure late last year of former chief Philippe Gougenheim, the firm announced Wednesday.
01/02/2012
The assets held by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) climbed to a record $4.8trn in 2011, up for the third year running, though allocations to the hedge fund space fell by 1%, according to TheCityUK’s report Sovereign Wealth Funds 2012.
01/02/2012
Two of London’s leading hedge fund lawyers, Tim Pearce and Ian Meade, have left Simmons & Simmons for rival Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
01/02/2012
Notz, Stucki & Cie, the Geneva-based asset management firm with $7.5bn under management, has chosen Manama, Bahrain as the location for its regional headquarters for the Middle East.
01/02/2012
EU policy makers have massively overestimated the inherent risk of hedge funds as an asset class in its Solvency II insurance legislation, new research suggests.
Late last week in London, the current state of hedge fund industry regulation was ably summarised by panellists at The IMS Group Regulatory Forum
It’s well known that our industry likes to be viewed as on-trend, an early adopter, and generally ahead of the curve
"The administration function will continue to expand its horizons to meet the demands of the increasingly complex environment"
29/02/2012
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29/02/2012
The next US HFMWeek Subscribers' Club breakfast, will take place on Wednesday February 29. Join…
02/02/2011
HFMWeek's European Hedge Fund Services Awards are designed to recognise companies that have outperformed...
