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Institutions set to invest in Ucits-compliant hedge funds
Global Pensions | 12 Mar 2010 | 14:33
GLOBAL – Fewer than one in 10 institutional investors has invested in Ucits-compliant hedge funds, but 35% could within 12 months, in what could prove a major boost for the US$35bn regulated long/short sector, a research by Preqin revealed.
EU hits back at Geithner on AIFM directive
EUROPE/US – The European Commission has hit back at a letter by US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warning the implementation of the hedge funds directive could cause a transatlantic rift by discriminating against US firms.
Global Pensions | 11 Mar 2010
230 hedge funds launched in Q4 2009
GLOBAL – The perfect storm battering hedge funds, of looming regulation worldwide and political vilification in Europe, has not deterred aspiring managers from launching products, as start-ups outnumbered liquidations in the fourth quarter of last year.
Global Pensions | 10 Mar 2010
Other news
- Promise of returns lures pension funds back to illiquid strategies
- Short-selling disclosure proposals raise eyebrows
- Bond mandate awards soar by 50% in 2009
- Shell shifts to passive management and caps active exposure
- SEC curbs short selling
- Inglis to leave Ferox
- Hedge funds and commodities ETFs bound to grow
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