Asset management
Discussing distressed debt - A roundtable
One area that looks poised to benefit from the turn in the credit cycle is distressed debt, with funds readying themselves to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise. Six thought leaders of the industry consider the outlook for distressed debt
Broken trust
Italian fund investment
Classifica italiana
Life & Pensions Rankings Italy 2008
Model behaviour
Sponsored Roundtable
Safe as houses?
Equity release
The ideal copy
A series of hedge fund redemptions in the third quarter of 2008 have alerted investors to just how illiquid these investments can be. Add in the restrictions that some of funds have placed on withdrawing cash, and it is easy to see why structured…
Taming nature with models
Catastrophe risk
Prime broker rage
Hedge funds
Contenders queue up for Tarp funds
Daily news headlines
Contenders queue up for Tarp funds
An increasing number of organisations are applying for the $250 billion Capital Purchase Program (CPP), part of the US government's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp).
DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund: Tocqueville Asset Management
Strong commodity focus dominates first funds chosen for Al Safi
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund: Zweig-DiMenna International Managers
Natural resources stock picking focus creates success
Global Directional Portfolio: Welton Investment Corporation
Wide range of strategies brings value to California hedge fund
Wessex Global Water Fund -- September 2008
Water is essential for human survival and is also necessary for nearly every sector of human activity – agriculture, industrial production and power generation and as a way to transport people and goods. According to the United Nations, an estimated 10%…
Melchior European Fund -- November 2008
Good management skills have made a big difference to Melchior European Fund. Dalton Strategic Partnership (DSP) launched the Melchior European Fund on October 2, 2006. The fund is a pan-European long/short all-cap equity fund. It aims to achieve…
Sourcecap Primary Research Fund -- September 2008
Sourcecap International, established in 2006, is a multi-product platform of absolute return strategies.
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund
The DSAM Kauthor Natural Resources Fund, the third fund operating on the Al Safi platform, offers investors exposure to the natural resources sector. The fund invests exclusively in units of the Zweig-DiMenna Natural Resources Fund, a subtrust of the Al…
Van Eck Hard Assets Hedge Strategy -- November 2008
Launched in 1996, Van Eck’s Hard Assets hedge strategy focuses on energy, metals and mining, paper and forest products, agriculture and other hard asset sectors. The portfolio employs a long/short strategy, using fundamental research to capitalise on mis…
Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund
DTrafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund-FIS is a European-based alternative investment fund focusing on privately-negotiated funding transactions for small and mid-cap publicly traded companies in Europe and overseas.
DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund -- November 2008
The DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund is the first Shariah compliant hedge fund of its kind and the first in a family of commodity-linked funds offered by DSAM
Sokol Russian Equity Opportunity Fund -- October 2008
Despite the recent upheavals on the Russian markets, ParusKreml Capital, a Russian- German company owned by funds managers and German private bank MM Warburg & Co, manages the Russian based Sokol Russian Equity Opportunity Fund.
Ramius -- October 2008
Ramius is a privately owned global alternative investment company with over 14 years experience and around $11 billion in assets. The company has a highly evolved platform for the institutional and private investor that includes three alternative…