New Indian-Mauritius tax treaty will help India
The reworked Indian-Mauritius tax treaty is not going to impact foreign flows into the country but will help provide a level-playing field to investments from […]
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Indian hedge fund is experimenting with the fee structure
Barely a year old, the Indian hedge fund sector is already experimenting with the global standard fee structure for such investment vehicles. Hedge funds the […]
New programs in Quantitative Finance
Post graduate Program in Financial Engineering by Indian Institute of Quantitative Finance (IIQF): Financial Engineering is a multidisciplinary field involving the application of theories from […]
India hedge funds post 7.1% return for Sept
India-focused hedge funds snapped their four-month losing streak in September this year, gaining 7.1 per cent. This was better than returns from hedge funds broadly […]
Gravitas Expands India Office for Hedge funds
New York-based hedge fund technology provider Gravitas announced Tuesday that increasing demands for its services has prompted the firm to expand its India office. Gravitas’ […]
Risk Management System For Trading in Stocks
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has put in place appropriate system for monitoring Algorithmic or Algo Trading in the India stock market. Salient […]
Regulations for hedge funds soon, says SEBI chief
New regulations, governing ‘pooled resources’ of investors, are likely to be issued within the ‘next two weeks’, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman […]
Quant Analyst: Global hedge fund
Quant Analyst Mumbai | Permanent Opportunity to work with a global hedge fund Become a part of the core trading team of the fund About Our […]
Job: Quantitative Trading & Research, Mumbai
Title: Quantitative Trading & Research Training Program, Hedge Fund, Mumbai, India, INR 20+ Lakhs Location: Mumbai, India Company: Maven Search Salary: 20+ Lakhs Job […]
Ex-M.Stanley Asia debt head readies hedge fund
Ranodeb Roy, Morgan Stanley’s former head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific, is raising as much as $1 billion for a hedge fund focused on interest […]
Asia hedge funds net $500m in Aug
HONG KONG: Asia-focused hedge funds attracted a net inflow of about $500 million in August, increasing their total inflows for 2011 to $7 billion, as […]
SEBI to Introduce Hedge Fund Regulation
HedgeFundReview reported that Security and Exchange Board of India has released draft regulations for alternative Investments. Currently SEBI’s regulation is limited to mutual funds, venture […]
The Emergence of Water Hedge Funds
(An interesting post on water hedge funds) Commodity hedge funds have been popular for some time. Ever since the Enron fiasco, more and more hedge […]
Goldman Sachs AMC to buy Benchmark MF for Rs 130.5 crore
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Company said on Wednesday that it would acquire Benchmark Mutual Fund, an ETF-focussed Indian fund house. Benchmark mutual fund manages assets […]
Tough Times For India Focused Hedge Funds
Life has come full circle for India-focused hedge funds whose percentage share in Asian hedge funds (by assets under management) has been growing at a […]
High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011
High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011- Mumbai, India Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies Mumbai, India: April 7th-8th 2011 For detail Information click here. Source: : […]
Maths-based investing looks to gain ground in India-(www.livemint.com)
Mathematical symbols greet you at the entrance of Quant Broking Pvt. Ltd in Mumbai’s business district of Nariman Point, emphasizing the nature of research the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
India Investment Convention – 2011
Indian Investment Convention 2011 24-25 Jan 2011, Dubai
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 […]
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 […]