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Chicago Climate Exchange and Dow Jones Indexes to market carbon emissions products

The Chicago Climate Exchange and Dow Jones Indexes have concluded a joint marketing agreement to co-brand, calculate, market and license the Dow Jones/CCX Emissions Indexes, based on Europ »


Institutional faith keeps managers buoyant

Most hedge funds may have weathered so far the gales blowing through the financial markets following last summer's implosion of the US sub-prime mortgage sector, but the crisis is far from over. »


Credit woes highlight new demands on service providers

Firms that provide services to hedge funds are changing the way they do business, and the reason is institutional investors. »


Building a strong capability for US clients

Endowments and institutions in the US have become the dominant investors in the hedge fund industry, drawn by the potential of generating returns that are uncorrelated with traditional equity and b »


Invesco PowerShares launches first actively-managed equity ETFs

Following the launch of the first US actively-managed exchange-traded fund by Bear Stearns on March 25, Invesco PowerShares has launched the industry's first three actively managed equity »


Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Private equity firms swoop on distressed assets

Private equity managers have begun investing in the debt of troubled companies at discounted prices, with Apollo, CVC, Blackstone, Permira and TPG among buyout groups that are finally movi »


NYSE Euronext launches high-dividend indices for European markets

NYSE Euronext has launched a family of high-dividend indices based on the national blue chip indices for the Netherlands, Belgian, French and Portuguese stock markets, the AEX, BEL 20, CAC »


Africa poised to benefit from alternatives appetite, says equity index expert

Fund investment in Africa has a great future, according to Dr Ayo Salami, director of African Business Research and co-manager of the Duet Victoire Africa Index Fund, an open-ended Jersey »


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Credit Suisse launches exchange-traded notes linked to Global Warming Index

Credit Suisse has announced the launch on NYSE Arca of Elements exchange-traded notes linked to the Credit Suisse Global Warming Index, which aim to offer exposure to stocks of companies t »


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