11 Feb 2015
IT priorities and regulatory environment have asset managers focused on risk management and efficiencies
Improving existing systems, data management and risk management are top priorities for asset managers, according to Linedata’s fifth annual…
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05 Feb 2015
Volatile market offers buying opportunities for bond pickers, says DDJ
Institutional manager DDJ Capital Management is anticipating a volatile market in 2015 offering bond pickers numerous and compelling buying…
04 Feb 2015
Endowments and foundations to up allocation to private equity and hedge funds in 2015, says survey
Despite optimism about the US economy, endowments and foundations are planning to decrease their allocations to US equities this year in…
30 Jan 2015
Seeing the fruits of the Approved Manager regime
According to the Q3 statistical bulletin published by the BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC), the islands’ financial regulator, a…
Interest in BVI segregated portfolio companies rises
There appears to have been a real pick-up in interest in BVI segregated portfolio company (SPC) formations over the last 12 months. Many…
BVI fund structuring and corporate governance developments
By James Williams – There’s a general air of optimism among the BVI’s fund practitioners. Although the average hedge fund recorded sub-four…
Steady growth in fund subscriptions
In many respects 2014 was a year of consolidation and possibly a sign of better things to come in the BVI in the view of Mara Spencer…
New fund products being proposed to the FSC
The BVI has seen some good traction in the Approved Manager regime since it was introduced at the end of 2012. Whilst this has proved…
BVI funds sector calls for introduction of new products
By James Williams (pictured) – It seems the decision by the BVI’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), last year…
2015 set for even higher levels of private equity investment following strongest year since crisis
55% of private equity firms surveyed by Preqin at the end of 2014 stated they would deploy greater levels of capital in 2015, although 39%…
Citi survey forecasts 30% decline in hedge fund industry profits due to poor performance in 2014
Hedge fund industry profits in 2013 reached USD31.2 billion but poor performance in 2014 cut that figure by 30% to only USD21.9 billion, a…
27 Jan 2015
Hedge funds optimistic about future, says State Street
A new global survey commissioned by State Street, which polled the views of 235 hedge fund professionals, reveals strong optimism within…
Regulators to focus on market abuse, says survey
Market abuse is expected to be one of the primary focuses of regulators in the coming year, according to a global survey of nearly 300…
26 Jan 2015
UK gets the AIFMD vision, US, not so much, says survey
Some 61% of London AIFMs feel the AIFMD has opened up new opportunities in Europe, according to research by KNEIP. By contrast, only 35% of…
23 Jan 2015
Uptick in volatility and rising AuM stoke optimism for options markets in 2015, says TABB survey
Renewed volatility and anticipated increases in assets under management bode well for institutional users of options in 2015, according to…
