Headstart Launches Global Emerging Markets Fund
With growing investor interest in emerging markets and following on from the success of its Limestone Wider Russia Fund, Headstart Advisers has launched the new […]
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Ashok Bhatia will expand BAM’s macro strategy
BAM (Balyasny Asset Management) has appointed Ashok Bhatia to expand the firm’s macro strategy, according to report in Financial News. Prior to this, Bhatia was […]
Farallon Capital raised $750 million for a new Asia-focused fund
Farallon Capital Management LLC raised $750 million for a new Asia-focused special situations fund. However millions of dollars have been flowing out of its flagship […]
Monsoon Capital Hedge Fund at $15.02 million
According to SEC filing, Monsoon Capital, LLC has attained $15.02 million AUM. Monsoon Capital is the adviser to onshore and offshore private investment partnerships and […]
Future Ventures in talks with DE Shaw, Citi for pre-IPO deal
Future Ventures, the venture capital arm of retailing major Future Group, is in talks with hedge fund DE Shaw and PE arm of Citi for […]
Hedge funds’ returns fall sharply in Nov
Hedge funds invested in India bore the brunt of the market sell-off last month, dragging down the year-to-date returns of these funds to under 10 […]
Venus Capital launching small cap focused India Emerging Leaders Fund
As developed countries see stagnant economic growth ahead (at best) and continuing problems from the sovereign debt crisis (at worst), emerging markets (EM) present a […]
JB Global ventures into emerging markets
JB Global Investment Services has launched a managed fund aimed at self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors, giving them access to the emerging markets of China […]
Algebris Plans Hedge Funds Betting Emerging Markets
Algebris Investments LLP, a $1.4 billion global financial hedge fund, is starting a fund focusing on capital securities that regulators insist banks must issue. The […]
Balyasny Asset Management under SEC scanner
The Wall Street Journal reported that Chicago-based hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management L.P., led by Dimitry Balyasny, is also one of the funds “whose activities […]
Hedge fund hires from Indian B-School
Hedge funds, which usually never hire from business schools in India now have started picking students. An international hedge fund that manages a $6 billion […]
Size of Indian hedge funds up 30% in FY11: Eurekahedge
Liquidity flow to the Indian hedge fund industry has picked up tremendously, said Farhan Mumtaz of Eurekahedge Group. “Indian funds have received a lot of […]
Japan Hedge fund launches Nifty ETF
Nikko Asset Management has announced the launch of three new exchange traded funds, which began trading on 22 October 2010. With the addition of these […]
FII’s Pumping in Huge Money
Since January, India’s equity and bond markets have attracted a record $33.8bn in foreign funds. FIIs (foreign institutional investors) have been net buyers to the […]
Ambit strengthens its Institutional equities business with high level appointment
Ambit Capital announces the recruitment of Saurabh Mukherjea into its equities business as Head of Equities at the Managing Director level, thereby substantially strengthening Ambit’s […]
UBS bullish on India, China
“Valuations in India are a bit expensive whereas China markets look very attractive. Both India and China will do well in coming years and drive […]
FII Inflow & Rupees
The upward movement of the rupee against the U.S. dollar was sharp in recent weeks as the Indian currency has climbed about 5.6 per cent […]
CapVeda launches India’s first market neutral fund
Source: http://www.capveda.com/admin/mediafiles/Ignites%20Asia-%2027Sept2010.pdf CapVeda India Advisory, a Mumbai-based hedge fund advisory company, has launched its first Emerging India Fund earlier this year, using what it describes […]
Automated trading system for India market
List of automated (program or algo based) trading platforms for Indian market. These Algorithmic trading platforms support trading in NSE(National Stock Exchange) and BSE (Bombay […]
India focus funds net assets up by 10% in August
India focus funds have attracted capital: Eurekahedge Source: IndiaTimes
Balyasny Hedge Fund cuts fees
Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM), a Chicago-based investment firm overseeing $2 billion, is cutting fees to increase asset. See the complete article on Bloomberg (click here). […]
Nazneen Kanga joins Heritage Capital
Heritage Capital, investment manager to the Heritage Capital India funds, has hired Nazneen Kanga as a Director of the firm. Heritage Capital targets absolute returns […]
DE Shaw axes 10 percent of workforce
DE Shaw, one of the world”s biggest hedge fund managers, has cut up to 10 per cent of its workforce or about 150 people, says […]
Events:Derivatives World Asia 2010
Derivatives World Asia 2010 Starts: Wednesday September 29, 2010, 08:00AM Ends: Thursday September 30, 2010, 05:00PM Event Type: Conference Location: Suntec Singapore International Convention […]
Hedge funds list
List of hedge funds : 3 Degrees Absolute India Akshaym Capital Amrit Investment Fund Anew Capital Management Antara Asset Management Atlantis Investment Atyant Capital Avatar […]
FII Inflows cross $18 bn in 2010
Foreign investment highest ever in dollar terms in a single calendar year. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have poured about $18 billion (Rs 81,880 crore) in […]
India is the top-performing region for hedge funds
Eurekahedge Indices Hedge funds globally have weathered the first eight months of this calendar well, delivering higher returns than the benchmark equity indices. India once […]
Blackrock’s ISHARES offers new NIFTY ETF
The Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) platform of BlackRock, iShares has launched a new swap-based product platform, which gives exposure to India and Russia. This development […]
India Investment Convention – 2011
Indian Investment Convention 2011 24-25 Jan 2011, Dubai
Asian hedge funds number grows to 1278
The number of Asian hedge funds reached a record 1,278 as more managers opened firms to tap interest in the world’s fastest-growing economies, according to […]
HFN Research report on India Focus Funds
From recent release of HFN : HedgeFund.net(HFN) tracks 40 hedge funds which invest in Indian securities. Few snapshots of India Focus Fund: Total assets size […]
GAM launches Star Absolute Global Emerging Markets
GAM, who has one of the broadest ranges of UCITS III products in the marketplace, has brought its successful emerging market equity long/short strategy onshore […]
Sebi clears smart order routing for all investors
Capital market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has approved the launch of smart order routing to every class of investors on […]
Passage to India
Slowly but surely, India hedge funds are beginning to offer the kind of strategies that can attract big fish such as London hedge fund giant […]
India Jai Ho Fund
As the ‘little film that could’, the multi-award winning Slumdog Millionaire could teach hedge fund managers a thing or two about the road to success. […]
Investors Pour $2.7M into Monsoon Capital Fund
BETHESDA, Md. — According to an SEC filing, a hedge fund sponsored by Monsoon Capital, LLC has raised $2.65 million. Monsoon India Opportunity Fund LP […]
Hermitage Capital Management eyes Emerging Market
Hermitage Capital Management: Introduction: Hermitage Capital Management is an investment fund and asset management company specializing in Russian markets founded by Bill Browder and Edmond […]
CHP Designation Program opens
Certified Hedge Fund Professional (CHP) Designation Program opens for registration in 24 hours on Thursday July 1st, 2010 at 2PM EST. Within this session we […]
Charlemagne Capital launches emerging markets fund
Charlemagne Capital is an independent asset management group, providing a range of investment strategies in emerging markets, with a focus on equities. Structured as a […]
Citi Partners with NSE to launch the FIX Protocol
CitigroupGlobal Markets today said it has become the first brokerage house in India to launch the next generation industry-driven messaging standard- Financial Information Exchange (FIX) […]
Books about hedge funds
All About Hedge Funds Hedge funds have long been viewed as mysterious, high-risk investments, unsuitable for most investors. All About Hedge Funds debunks these myths […]
Open source software for finance
Opensoource and free software for investment analysis: R,PSPP, QuantLib, Tradelink R In computing, R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and […]
Hudson Fairfax Group
Hudson Fairfax Group (HFG) is an investment partnership focused on India’s aerospace, defense, homeland security and other strategic sectors. It is based in New York […]
Master program in Finance
Oxford Private Equity Programme The Oxford Private Equity programme begins with an overview of private equity as an asset class and its potential attractions to […]
Class of funds
Types of hedge funds: Emerging Markets, Multi Strategy, Distressed Securities, Macro, Fund of Funds Emerging Markets: Invests in equity or debt of emerging (less mature) markets that […]
List of hedge fund blog
List of blogs for hedge fund related news Creating a hedge fund in India Between The Hedges Seeking Alpha Hedge Funds Hedge Funds News MadHedgefundTrader […]
Certification program
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA): The CFA is a qualification for finance and investment professionals, particularly in the fields of investment management and financial analysis of […]