Hedge Funds Review
Bahrain plans services growth
The opportunities and possibilities of investment in the Middle East, as well as the possibilities of Shariah compliant hedge funds, were discussed over two days at the Hedge Funds Review Middle East Summit
Rocky road ahead for hedge funds
Two respected and successful hedge fund groups - Galleon Group and Lucas Capital Management - have found the final quarter of 2008 to be full of unexpected and painful developments for their hedge funds. While the way ahead is not exactly clear, both…
Investable indexes - October 2008
Credit Suisse /Tremont Hedge Fund Index - Dow Jones Hedge Fund Benchmarks - Frontier Capital Multi-Asset Platform Fund - Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index - HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index - Lyxor Global hedge Fund Index
Galena Special Situations Fund: Galena Asset Management
Commodity fund targets upside
Challenges abound in 2009
Everyone agrees that 2009 will be a challenge. Just how different the financial markets and overall environment will be for hedge funds is an open question. Some of the leading figures in the industry tell Hedge Funds Review reporters what they foresee
Fitzwilliam Commodity Plus Fund: BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management
Value of common commodities
Dexia Carbon Fund: Dexia Carbon Fund Managers
Trading in the green market
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