http://www.hedgeweek.com Syndicates the latest Alternative Asset Adviser Features via RSS 2.0. Unysen RSS Feed Generator - v2.0206 Alternative Asset Adviser The turnover of equity exchange-traded funds listed in Europe rose by 13.6 per cent over the week ending July 21, bringing average daily turnover over the month to almost EUR1.2bn, according to the latest weekly guide to ETF liquidity trends issued by Deutsche Bank. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261600 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261600 The First Group, a British-owned, Dubai-based property development company that focuses specifically on emerging markets within the United Arab Emirates, will list the Emirates Opportunity Fund on the Channel Island Stock Exchange next month. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:00:00 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261456 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261456 Kuwait-based Global Investment House has listed private equity fund Global MENA Financial Assets, which is managed by its subsidiary Global Capital Management, on the London Stock Exchange. The listing follows the raising of USD500m in capital through the placing of some 252 million shares. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:00:00 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261459 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261459 Some two years after the launch of Spain's registration regime for hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, the development of the market has been steady rather than spectacular, as a mixture of the country's big banking institutions and niche institutional managers unveil a series of products aimed at institutional and (in the case of funds of hedge funds) retail investors. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:53:27 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261408 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261408 Deutsche Bank has launched two db x-trackers exchange-traded funds on Euronext Paris that provide long and short exposure to the French stock market, bringing the number of ETFs it has listed on the Paris stock exchange to 23. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:02:00 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261257 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=261257 Manuel Alejandro Dopazo, managing director of London-based investment manager and corporate advisor Fincere, says that despite the recent impact on emerging markets of global financial turbulence, the world's developing economies are well placed to continue to build on their growth of the past few years. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:00:00 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260990 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260990 The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sent subpoenas to more than 50 hedge fund managers, including Citadel and SAC, in its probe to ascertain the part played by rumour-mongering in the decline of the share prices and market standing of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:55:00 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260965 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260965 ETF Securities saw record inflows to its exchange-traded commodities platform on July 15, with precious metals, agriculture, industrial metals and leveraged ETCs enjoying the largest capital flows. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:18:07 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260870 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260870 Dow Jones Indexes and Brookfield Asset Management, an asset manager focused on property, power and infrastructure assets, have launched the Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes, a global index series designed to serve as benchmarks of companies that own and operate infrastructure assets such as toll roads, pipelines and ports. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:03:40 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260681 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260681 The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association has broadly welcomed the UK Treasury's partial draft regulations on offshore funds, but it fears that the proposals will fail to reduce the administrative complexity of the existing regime. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:03:19 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260675 http://www.alternativeassetadviser.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=260675