Hedge fund giant Tudor Investments hopes to capitalize on the success of its futures funds last year with a new global futures offering.

Even if demand for commodities goes flat or falls, Jim Rogers, author, adventure capitalist & international investor still remains bullish on commodities as he sees serious supply problems developing there. He talks strategy with CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.

Frontier Capital Management has launched the IFDS Frontier MAP Balanced fund. The vehicle's investment strategy will mirror Frontier's offshore MAP funds which use low-cost investment methodology and invest in eight asset classes. These are: global equities, global fixed income, emerging equities, emerging fixed income, real estate, commodities, hedge funds and managed futures. Frontier's philosophy is that multi-asset class investing reduces risk and increases risk-adjusted returns. The group also believes index tracking outperforms the majority of actively-managed funds and alternative investments reduce portfolio risk. IFDS Frontier MAP Balanced adopts a Nurs structure and will offer daily dealing. Minimum investment is 1,000 GBP with returns subject to CGT treatment. Proceeds from subscriptions will be invested on 16th March.

CHICAGO----Pardo Capital Limited is one of the top Commodity Trading Advisers for 2008, according to Futures magazine. Posting repeated record gains throughout the year, PCL's XT99 fund ended up with a whopping 142 percent gain for 2008.

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund will turn its focus to commodities, particularly food and energy, in the second half of the year, a senior official said

WASHINGTON, D.C.-March 12, 2009-The Futures Industry Association today announced the induction of 21 new members into the Futures Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 to commemorate outstanding contributions to the global futures and options community.

New York-based Merzbach Group is shelving the fundraising effort for its carbon project finance fund while it gauges investors' appetites and the future of the carbon market.

Swiss-based commodity hedge fund Krom River Trading AG this month launched a systematic offering derived from its discretionary flagship offering, the Krom River Commodity Fund.

Standard & Poor's has launched the first in a series of global low carbon indices to meet the growing investor demands for environmentally focused indices.

R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management plans to open to U.S. investors a trio of managed futures funds after double-digit returns last year, FINalternatives has learned. The firm's $740 million Negative Correlation Fund gained 2.5% in January after a 54% return last year. The fund, intended to serve as a substitute for a short-selling vehicle, benefited from the 8.6% decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, according to firm founder Roy Niederhoffer.

Sweden’s Vikström & Andersson Asset Management is readying its maiden offering for launch next month.

For London-based commodities hedge fund manager Paul Touradji, arbitrage is the only way to navigate the current volatile market.

Castlestone Management has opened its Porcupine Global Macro1 hedge fund to retail investors.

Cathay Financial and MF Global will launch Taiwan's first futures fund, with plans to raise T$7 billion (142.75 billion pounds) for the fund in May, an executive said on Friday.

Hamburg, Germany-based Aquila Capital is reportedly launching the first commodity trading adviser fund in a UCITS III format.

Julius Baer, the Swiss private bank, is launching an agricultural and commodities fund in the UK, as the bank sees surging demand for products related to food, fertilisers and biofuels.

James Simons, founder of Renaissance Technologies Corp, which uses mathematical models to invest across various markets, became the highest earning hedge fund manager last year after he took home $2.5bn (€1.85bn), an annual earnings survey has found.

Hedge fund investors are demanding greater protection from fraud in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal, Man Group said as it launched a new investment business that makes it much easier for customers to get their money back.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Barki of Mint Hill, N.C., and principal Bruce Kramer with running a Ponzi scheme.

A Scottsdale, Ariz.-based investment firm has developed a futures fund designed to address the issues of transparency and liquidity currently plaguing the hedge fund industry.

March 31, Chicago - National Futures Association (NFA) has accepted Last Atlantis Capital Management LLC's (LACM) settlement offer to permanently withdraw from NFA membership.

Investors who bet on Augustus Asset Managers' first currency offering are all smiles, after the fund returned 12.68% in its first year. The JB Currency Hedge Fund-Quantitative Segregated Portfolio, invests in 45 currency pairs involving Group of 10 countries.

While John W. Henry & Co.'s currencies trading program took a hit last month, as the U.S. dollar picked up ground on the Japanese yen.