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ABN AMRO begun a new future with the consortium of Fortis, RBS and Santander in October 2007. The combination of consortium businesses with ABN AMRO will result in an enhanced market presenc...   more>>

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Private Equity Fund of Funds Senior Analyst

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
My client is a leading global private equity fund of funds firm with a long history of innovation and success. For 15... more >>

Online Marketing Manager

PERMANENT - South East
This Online Marketing vacancy is based in Surrey. more >>

** HEAD OF FUNDS TEAM **

PERMANENT - London
JOB DESCRIPTION: This is a great opportunity to join a well known financial institution, working as the Head of the funds team and having an influential role in the growth of the team and the growth more >>

Private equity manager

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
A leading private equity fund is looking to appoint a senior private equity manager to join a well established emerging market focused team. This is... more >>

Capital Raiser

PERMANENT - London - £100,000
We are an established property development company who have recently setup a boutique investment fund to take advantage of exceptional opportunities in the Eastern European property market. We are looking for an experienced capital raiser or a group of individuals who already have an extensive network of likely contacts that they can immediately approach to raise the initial seed capital for the fund. You will have 5 years experience in capital raising for a hedge fund, asset manager or v more >>

Private equity manager

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
A leading private equity fund is looking to appoint a senior private equity manager to join a well established emerging market focused team. This is... more >>

Carbon Credit Hedge Fund Manager

PERMANENT - London - £50,000 to £100,000
We are an Asset Management business who look after the tax interests and structures of a number of UHNW and corporate investors. We have identified a project in the Carbon Credit industry and thus need an experienced individual to partner us in this venture and to manage the operation of setting up a hedge fund. Your main duties will be: Identify Office space Team Hiring Financials Business Flow Marketing You will manage the project from the start and once trading, play an active more >>

Financial Sponors Associate / Private Equity

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
A Global top three Private Equity Fund in London is expanding to due to impressive deal flow and favourable Economic conditions. My client is the... more >>

CleanTech Analyst - Associate Level

PERMANENT - London - £40-£60,000
My client a successful and growing boutique fund based in London is looking for 1 maybe 2 analysts to join their team. more >>

Analyst with Ivy League Academics

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
A Global top 3 Global Emerging Markets Hedge fund in London is expanding to due to impressive deal flow and favourable Economic conditions. My... more >>

2nd year analyst

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
As a 2nd year analyst you will be joining a well-established team at a European private equity house incorporating numerous sectors. You will: Liaise with analysts... more >>

Portfolio manager / analyst

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
As a portfolio manager you will be joining a focused team where you will be responsible for developing stocks and have a strong entrenrenurial interest.... more >>

Capital Raising for Credit Fund

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
Our client, a leading global financial institution, is looking to recruit an experienced European capital raiser. In this role you will be required to raise... more >>

Junior/ Intern analyst / Private Equity

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
An elite European Private Equity fund with a fund of approx 2bn Euros closed locked in capital, are expanding in London.My client is a leading... more >>

Senior Alternative investment (FoHF) sales

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
My client, a leading Fund of Hedge Fund and private equity investment manager, is looking to recruit an experienced capital raiser/ sales person into... more >>

Business Development, Hedge Fund Services

PERMANENT - Geneva - £Negotiable
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M&A analyst for Private Equity

PERMANENT - London - City - per annum
The world’s leading Private Equity house are looking to add an analyst from a top M&A sell side banking team. Applicants must ideally have experience... more >>

Marketing Executive

TEMPORARY - South East - £ competitive
Marketing Executive AH 1272 Prestigious fund manager seeks marketing executive to join the team responsible for the marketing deliverables of the fund platform product working closely with the sales team and key distributors. The primary responsibilities of the role are to work with the team to deliver an ongoing suite of promotional literature and statutory product documentation which will include close monitoring of compliance requirements and close working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that deliverables are met within specific time frames and budgets. The ideal candidate will have proven marketing and project management experience from a financial services environment, have experience of the art work and print production processes and of working with external agencies. Additionally, experience of working with compliance and awareness of relevant regulatory issues is required along with strong IT skills (specifically adobe acrobat) and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. more >>

Business Development, Hedge Fund Services

PERMANENT - London - £Negotiable
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News & Press

Introduction Capital Announces Executive Sponsors

August 27, 2008, TORONTO – Introduction Capital announced today that BMO Capital Markets and Sprott Asset Management have signed on as the executive sponsors for its third annual forum for sophisticated global investors who are interested in the Canadian hedge fund market entitled “Canadian Hedge Fund Managers Speak with Investors”.    more >>

Study Shows Only Factor-based Models Help Investors Detect "Time Bombs" By Discriminating Between Lucky And Talented Hedge Fund Managers

Proper Risk Tools Can Lead To Improved Returns
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Jefferies Putnam Lovell on YTD M&A Activity

Led by hedge funds, alternative investment firms represent 40% of YTD M&A activity in 2008, according to Jefferies Putnam Lovell.
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Riskdata FOFiX Active Enables Investors to Search Smartly in Hedge Fund Databases for Funds with Specific Risk Characteristics

Four partnerships with leading database vendors announced.    more >>

Baring Asset Management Launches the Asia Strategic Fund

Baring Asset Management, the international investment management firm, is pleased to announce the launch of a new addition to its range of single strategy hedge funds, the Baring Asia Strategic Fund, subject to regulatory approval.    more >>

Hedge Fund Working Group Publishes its Final Report Outlining a Code of Conduct for Hedge Funds

Last week, the Hedge Fund Working Group published its final report outlining a code of conduct for hedge funds. Below are quotes from Brad Ziff, a member of the HFWG, and director of the hedge funds advisory practice at management consultancy Oliver Wyman.    more >>

Jefferies Announces Formation of Structured Equity Group

Team to Focus on Alternative Equity Investments.    more >>

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Mason Blake

Established in 1997, Mason Blake is dedicated to servicing Asset Management and Alternative Investments and has built its success on providing honest, level-headed advice to both clients and candidates.

Employers

ABN AMRO

ABN AMRO begun a new future with the consortium of Fortis, RBS and Santander in October 2007. The combination of consortium businesses with ABN AMRO will result in an enhanced market presence, strengthened products and growth prospects. This will deliver benefits to customers, who will gain from the increased scale and efficiency of the businesses.

Barclays Global Investors

BGI is one of the world’s largest asset managers and a leading global provider of investment management products and services. From inventing the world’s first index fund in 1971 and the first quantitative active strategy in 1978, we have pioneered change and led investment innovation. Today we manage more than $1.86 trillion (£950 billion) worth of assets, for over 2,900 clients throughout the world.

Citco Fund Services

Citco Fund Services is the pre-eminent leader in hedge fund administration, offering a complete range of accounting, middle office administration, shareholder and corporate services to hedge funds and collective investment schemes. Beginning in 1999 with 5 employees and assets under administration of $500m, Citco has grown to 560 employees with assets under administration of over $125 billion.

Citi

Citi, the leading global financial services company, does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services. With a presence in many countries dating back more than 100 years, Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse is a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.

Dresdner Kleinwort

Dresdner Kleinwort operates an integrated business model, the elements of which are; leading capital markets expertise, an international cross-border advisory platform, innovative risk management solutions across all asset classes, strength in the home markets of Germany and the UK, with an international presence and capability in key product areas to support a global client base.

E.ON

We are one of the UK’s leading integrated power and gas companies – generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas – and are part of the E.ON group, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company.

Fortress Investment Group

Fortress Investment Group is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $34.3 billion in assets under management (fee paying) as of September 30, 2008. Fortress is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New Canaan, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.

Introduction Capital

Introduction Capital specializes in brokering strategic business relationships between sophisticated global investors and Canadian alternative investment opportunities with a focus on Canadian hedge funds

Ion Asset Architecture

Ion Asset Architecture is a niche systematic hedge fund based in the City of London, UK. We're engaged in trading multiple asset classes (Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Equities) across the world. Our approach to trading systems discovery is heavily steeped in technology and the results have proven themselves in these volatile times.

Janus Capital Group

NYSE-listed Janus Capital Group has managed money since 1969 and we’re proud to be able to say that investment is still our only business. Today, we manage assets of approximately $191 billion worldwide for pension funds, corporates, financial institutions, sovereign wealth pools and retail investors.

Jefferies

Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York with more than 20 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management.

JPMorgan

JPMorgan is a leading financial services firm with one of the largest client franchises in the world.  We partner with our clients to offer the most complete and innovative solutions in the industry to help them achieve their goals. For more than 200 years, we have taken a long-term approach to our clients and to the way we conduct business.

Legg Mason

Legg Mason Inc is one of the world’s largest asset managers, with a family of leading investment management subsidiaries, each with time-tested experience and investment independence. Legg Mason has a substantial US, European and International presence serving the institutional, mutual fund and wealth management markets.

Man Group

Man is a world-leading alternative investment management business. With a broad range of fund products for institutional and private investors globally, it is known for its performance, innovative product design and investor service. Man manages approximately USD75 billion and employs about 1800 people in 13 countries worldwide.

Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch is a leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory company, with offices on six continents.  The company is a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide.

Renaissance Capital

Renaissance Capital is the leading independent investment banking firm operating in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Firm serves both domestic companies and international clients investing in the CIS. Since its inception in 1995, the Firm has raised more than USD 15 billion for its clients — more than any other financial institution in the region.

State Street

State Street is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $14.045 trillion in assets under custody and $1.686 trillion in assets under management at September 2008, State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide.

Sussex Partners

Sussex Partners represents a selection of the best alternative investment funds. The Sussex Partners approach is a traditional one, and the principals of the firm have extensive alternative investment and fund management experience. Our contact with both managers and investors is personal, attempting to match the most appropriate funds to a given investment philosophy and outlook.

UBS AG

UBS is a global financial powerhouse. The world's leading wealth managers, we are a top tier investment bank, one of the largest global institutional asset managers and the leading bank for Swiss corporate and individual clients.

Best Selling Alternative Investments Books

A Practitioner's Guide to The AIM Rules, 5/e by

Category: Alternative Investing

A Practitioner's Guide to the AIM Rules covers admission procedures, continuing obligations and tax issues, as well as including specific chapters dealing with the roles of all key players and the CREST clearing and settlement system. Each chapter is written by a leading practitioner with extensive experience in their relevant specialism......

Taming the Lion by Richard Farleigh

Category: Hedge Funds

Richard Farleigh reveals the 100 secret strategies that he developed to enable him to succeed in the markets. During his time running a trading desk, Farleigh set out to develop a repeatable methodology based on observation and reasoning, not just on one-off flukes and luck, to enable him to outperform the market on a regular basis. The (potentially controversial) beliefs that he incorporates into his strategies include: - Markets tend to under-react, not overreact. - Big, obvious ideas offer great opportunities. - It is safe to invest with a consensus view. - Contrarian trading is.....

Investing Against the Tide by Anthony Bolton

Category: Stockmarkets

This authoritative and accessible investment classic promises rare insight into what it really takes to run money in a top-performing investment fund. Anthony Bolton, the UK's most successful stock market investor, tells the story of his contrarian approach to managing money. He provides invaluable lessons on the factors that really matter in picking a stock: the need to identify good managers, how to run a portfolio, the importance of value investing, reading charts and how to trade successfully. It's not easy to continually buy low and sell high. This book gives clear directions for doing we.....

Beyond the J Curve by

Category: Private Equity

In recent times, venture capital and private equity funds have become household names, but so far little has been written for the investors in such funds, the so--called limited partners. There is far more to the management of a portfolio of venture capital and private equity funds than usually perceived. Beyond the J Curve describes an innovative toolset for such limited partners to design and manage portfolios tailored to the dynamics of this market place, going far beyond the typical and often--simplistic recipe to 'go for top quartile funds'. Beyond the J Curve provides the answers to key .....

Alternative Investment Strategies by Sohail Jaffer

Category: Alternative Investing

This ground-breaking new book is the first of its kind to explore the investment potential presented presented by a whole range of alternative strategies. This investor-led publication covers strategies such as private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, managed futures and currency management, as well as providing a detailed insight into developments affecting asset-backed securities (CLOs/CBOs), emerging market fixed-income debt, credit and insurance derivatives and risk management within these strategies. The book also encompasses rating methodologies from Moody's and Fitch. Edited by .....

Inside the House of Money by Steven Drobny and Niall Ferguson

Category: Hedge Funds

This updated paperback edition of "Inside the House of Money" lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Now with new commentary, author, Steve Drobny takes you even further into the hedge fund industry. He demystifies how these star traders make billions for their well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Whereas some still maintain that rationality permeates financial markets, Drobny captures a different dimension, showing how the unquantifiab.....

Winning spread betting strategies by Malcolm Pryor

Category: Stockmarkets

From the author of the best seller 'The Financial Spread Betting Handbook' comes a book about constructing winning spread betting strategies. Seven strategies are presented covering all types of market; up, down and sideways. Key ingredients for each strategy include overall market direction, entry and exit techniques and bet size determination. The strategies are used on a wide range of instruments including stocks, commodities and currencies, and trade duration tends to be in weeks. Examples of each strategy are fully illustrated with charts and commentary - there are over 150 charts i.....

Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Practitioner's Manual by Graham Spooner

Category: Private Equity

This book provides you with a straightforward, practical approach to seeking venture capital or private equity. The book is structured to follow closely the format of a venture capital deal. Also included are a number of case studies based on: e-commerce, pre-IPO, MBO and MBI and institutional buy-outs/leveraged buy-outs......

Market-Neutral Investing by Joseph G. Nicholas

Category: Alternative Investing

Achieving ideal returns by diversifying away risk. Managing risk is a weightier issue than ever for professional investors. They're seeking downside protection as they grapple to remain fully invested in a hyper - inflated stock market. Market-neutral investing is one of the hottest strategies for achieving such protection. In this groundbreaking book, industry expert Joseph G. Nicholas opens investors up to new thinking on highly effective approaches to return enhancement and risk reduction through investment diversification. Nicholas shows how market-neutral investing techniques hedge exp.....

Street Smarts by Lawrence Connors and Linda Raschke

Category: Hedge Funds

No jacket text on hardback cover.....

The Financial Spread Betting Handbook by Malcolm Pryor

Category: Stockmarkets

Reach the heights of spread betting success! Financial spread betting is growing in popularity. But who wins and who loses at this game? What do the winners do that differs from the losers? That is what this book is about. Malcolm Pryor uses the model of climbing a mountain to explain a disciplined, winning approach to spread betting. First a base camp must be established: which includes getting set up with the right corporate data, charting and accounts software, deciding what to bet on and what your time frame should be, learning the nuances of operating an account, controlling risk, a.....

Embedding Risk Management in Private Equity by

Category: Private Equity

This book looks at how practically embedding risk management in a Private Equity house works. On the surface Private Equity is a simple business but there are nuances and issues around the various relationships the Private Equity firm has with fund providers, service organisations, investee companies, and around the internal operations of the firm which throw up specific and unique risks. The book looks at each area of the business model and look at both how to identify risk/categorise risk/control risk and also provide insight into what the risks are. There will be case studies throughout......

by

Category: Alternative Investing

Funds of Hedge Funds is a unique publication. It draws on the experience of leading practitioners across the hedge fund and funds of funds industry to bring you independent, practical advice from the perspective of investors, hedge fund and funds of funds managers, and legal and accounting advisors. In 21 chapters the book ensures you have a comprehensive understanding of the uses, structures, risks and rewards of funds of funds including: - The nature and structure of the marketplace; - How the investment process works; - Overcoming problems with asset allocation; - Making management.....

Trading Pairs by

Category: Hedge Funds

An accessible guide to the pairs trading technique A leading arbitrage expert gives traders real tools for using pairs trading, including customizable Excel worksheets on CD. Mark Whistler (Denver, CO) is the key developer of pairstrader.com as well as a licensed securities trader and broker and leading arbitrage expert......

Candlestick Charts by Clive Lambert

Category: Stockmarkets

"Clive Lambert is one of the UK's leading experts in the use and application of Japanese candlestick chart analysis. I have known him for many years and have learnt to greatly respect his depth of knowledge and the objectiveness it brings to his market strategies." - Adam Sorab, Chairman, Society of Technical Analysts (STA) The aim of this book is to introduce candlestick analysis to anyone from an absolute beginner to an experienced market professional. The text is written to be simple enough for someone new to the topic, but should not exclude those with more experience. The author's aim.....

Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy by

Category: Private Equity

This book offers proven private equity real estate investing strategies. The subprime fallout and credit crisis have triggered a major transition in U.S. real estate. With tightening lending and underwriting standards, speculative investments and construction projects are likely to limited, resulting in constrained supply and healthier fundamentals over the long term. Looking forward, market participants anticipate that the coming years will be fraught with challenges as well as opportunities. "Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy" is a collection of abridged market analyses, forecasts, .....

by

Category: Alternative Investing

'An excellent and comprehensive source of information on hedge funds! From a quantitative view Lhabitant has done it once again by meticulously looking at the important topics in the hedge fund industry. This book has a tremendous wealth of information and is a valuable addition to the hedge fund literature. In addition, it will benefit institutional investors, high net worth individuals, academics and anyone interested in learning more about this fascinating and often mysterious world of privately managed money. Written by one of the most respected practitioners and academics in the area of h.....

The Hedge Fund Edge by Mark Boucher

Category: Hedge Funds

Achieve higher returns with lower risk and take your profits globally. A leading hedge fund trader offers a solid and profitable trading approach to the world markets. "This is the best stock market book that I have read in a long time. Boucher lays it out clearly, concisely, and in a most interesting manner. A 'must read' for anyone who invests in the equities market." -Dan Sullivan Editor, The Chartist "A leading practitioner offers rich theoretical insights and sound practical advice based on years of successful trading. Mark Boucher is that rare investment analyst who knows what really wor.....

The Diary of a CFD Trader by Catherine Davey

Category: Stockmarkets

This diary charts the ups and downs of a CFD trader – taking you on a thrilling trading journey and showing how, with some hard work, you too can make serious money trading CFDs. Along the way the book provides an excellent practical introduction for new CFD traders. It explains the mechanics of trading and the language and jargon surrounding CFDs. It also shows more experienced traders how to trade effectively enough to generate a healthy income. At the heart of the book is the 4-month diary that the author kept while trading an initial $13,000 account. Over the first month the accoun.....

Venture Capital and Private Equity by Josh Lerner and Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Category: Private Equity

The private equity and venture capital industry has become a leading pillar of modern investment, growing from $5 billion in 1980 to more than $530 billion in 2006. Yet many of its features remain puzzling even to advanced business students. Whether you are an MBA student, a private equity investor grappling with the industry's changes, or an investor interested in private equity as a potential investment, "Venture Capital & Private Equity: A Casebook, Fourth Edition" will shed light on the history and workings of this complex area and prepare you for a career in the prestigious and profitable.....

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