the Epitome weekly- Newsletter

Issue: 0831| Wednesday, July 30, 2008

NEWS FOR ASSET MANAGERS
Asian hedge funds getting bigger
Singapore HFs attract double digit growth
Sovereign funds may not accept code by Oct
MARKET NEWS
New guidelines for computing risk
Two more bank failures in US
Worried banks sharply reduce business loans
EMERGING MARKET DEVELOPMENT
NY, London professionals migrate to Asian HFs
Nuclear deal to attract HF investment in region

PE AND M&A ACTION IN INDIA

JP Morgan to pick up 33% stake in Alok Infra’s SPV
Educomp Acquires 76% in College Finishing School for USD 2.75 Mn
TutorVista.com gets USD 18 Mn PE funding
Yatra Capital invest USD 7 Mn in Calcutta-based Jalan Intercontinental Hotels
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Epitome Global Services Announces Availability of Its Research Reports on InfoEx...

Epitome Global Services today announced the availability of its research products on the InfoEx platform from InfoExchange Inc. InfoEx is a network of information providers such as Sell-Side and Independent Research, Ratings, and other relevant financial information that caters to the Institutional Buy-side industry, including hedge funds.

Epitome's current research products include a weekly 'Global Commodities report', a monthly 'India-centric M&A report', a monthly 'Frontier Market report', and 'India Mid-cap Research'.

"Our research reports are highly relevant and actionable, and offer great value to investors interested in a variety of asset classes, i.e., equities, commodities, etc, as well as those interested in cross border transactions and Frontier Markets of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America," said Epitome CEO Raju Panjwani.

"The InfoEx platform, allows us to channel our efforts to those clients who would truly benefit from our specialized research products, thereby delivering a higher return on our investment. After an extensive analysis on available platforms for distribution of our research we found that the InfoEx network was far superior to all others, in that it automatically finds the consumers who are best suited to consume our research based on their trading profile and activity. We are excited about our relationship with InfoEx and look forward to growing our partnership."
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Source : Reuters