16 Sep 2015
Loan vehicles could become integral part of burgeoning funds industry
Malta's financial services industry has been continuously evolving since it joined the EU in 2004. The island has a buoyant banking and…
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Malta keeps all options on the table
FinanceMalta was set up in 2007 to holistically promote the various sectors of Malta's financial industry. FinanceMalta not only focuses on…
10 Sep 2015
Convergence updates alternative asset management industry report
Convergence has released the Q2 update of the State of the Union of the Alternative Asset Management Industry. The report focuses on…
09 Sep 2015
HFRI declines in August as equities post sharp losses
Hedge funds declined in August as global equity markets experienced sharp losses led by uncertainty over Chinese growth, falling oil prices…
07 Sep 2015
Aussie hedge fund sector to pass AUD100bn mark
Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand is driving interest in Australia’s hedge fund industry, according to the…
01 Sep 2015
Institutional investors predict growth of SME asset-backed securitisations
A new study reveals that seven in ten (69 per cent) European institutional investors believe there will be an increase in the issuance of…
RDR aids ETF growth in the UK
The Retail Distribution Review has aided the recent rapid growth in ETF usage in the UK says Hector McNeil (pictured), Co-CEO, WisdomTree…
Pioneer ETF firm offers essential range
In terms of ETF assets under management, Lyxor Asset Management is in the top three in Europe, with USD54 billion in assets in ETFs, behind…
Asserting fundamentals over sentiment
By Nitesh Shah (pictured), ETF Securities – The commodity cycle is turning. Excess supply is being cut back across a broad range of…
Investing smart with buyback ETFs
By Fannie Wurtz, Amundi – The development of Smart Beta solutions has become a major field of innovation in the ETF industry: the wide…
Currency hedged ETFs boom under Swiss care
Swiss bank UBS, headquartered in Zurich has been offering ETFs for some time across continental Europe but it was only in the last few…
Abenomics invigorates Japanese ETFs
There are convincing signs, including the recent 18-year high of the Nikkei share index, that Abenomics is reinvigorating the world's third…
ETF usage by wealth managers in the UK is on the rise
Boutique asset managers favour ETFs was one of the findings of a recent survey conducted by research firm TABB Group for software company…
26 Aug 2015
Majority of buy-side firms processing complex swaps manually, says SimCorp survey
Forty four per cent of buy-side asset managers are relying on mostly or completely manual processes for managing complex swaps across the…
21 Aug 2015
Redemptions from equity & credit push hedge fund industry flows negative in July
Total hedge fund assets increased 0.35 per cent in July 2015, bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.133 trillion,…
