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GAI-index approved in Luxembourg

Greenwich Alternative Investments (“GAI”) today announced that the Greenwich Composite Investable Hedge Fund Index (the “Index”) has been recognized by the Luxembourg financial regulator (Commission...

Two funds excluded from Hedge Nordic Index

HedgeNordic has decided to exclude two funds from the index. The reason for this is that the funds have have not been able...

UK: Hedge funds opened up for private investors

According to Financial Times private investors in UK are finally to be allowed access to hedge funds through UK retail products, under changes to the regulatory regime...

Informed Portfolio Management expands into Germany and the Middle East

February 21st (Hedge Week): Today it was announced that Dominicus Freiherr von Mentzingen has joined Informed Portfolio Management, a Swedish quantitative manager, to aid...

Norway will see a slight economic slowdown

According to Chief Economist at First Securities, Harald Magnus Andreassen, the Norwegian economy will experience a smooth landing in spite of difficult times on...

Icelandic banks may go bust in 2008

There is much uncertainty about the future of Icelandic banks and according to Saxo Bank, one or more banks in Iceland will soon go...

Former Lancer Group hedge fund manager indicted on conspiracy and wire fraud charges

February 19th (PRNewswire-USNewswire): Five persons including a former hedge fund manager at Lancer Group have been indicted on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud....

New report says Central and Eastern Europe is not immune to sub-prime crisis

February 20th (Hedge Week): The new C5/Squire Sanders CEE Private Equity Report suggests that private equity in Central and Eastern Europe is slowly being...

MSCI Barra announces plans for Asia-Pacific hedge fund index

February 19th (MSCI Barra): Today, MSCI Barra announced that it intends to launch an MSCI Asia-Pacific Hedge Fund OPTIX Index. Index constituents for...

Swedish consumer price index is down by 0.8%

Swedish analysts were expecting the consumer price index to drop 0.4% on a monthly basis and to increase by 3.6% on a yearly basis,...

Norwegian Krone gains as investors foresee higher rates

February 18th (Bloomberg): Higher rate prospects have resulted in Norway's Krone gaining against the euro for an eighth day. This is the longest run...

Aureos launches African fund

February 18th (Financial Times): Today, emerging markets private equity group, Aureos Capital, is reportedly launching a USD 400 million Africa fund as investors have...