21 Dec 2012
Gulf financial centres build up fund services expertise
By Simon Gray – The financial crisis has slowed but not stalled efforts to build up a regional fund industry that contains substance on the…
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DIFC – The gateway to doing business in the Middle East
Interview with Kevin Birkett (pictured), DIFC Authority – Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an onshore financial hub in the…
On-the-ground expertise and full service offering
Interview with Peter Hughes, group managing director, Apex Fund Services – Providing a full solution set that spans middle and back office…
Sovereign wealth, economic growth give alternatives industry new traction
By Simon Gray – The Middle East is bouncing back from the financial and political turbulence of the past few years and with it the region’s…
SEB’s prime brokerage platform shows 20 per cent growth in 2012
Northern European banking group SEB has seen a 20 per cent increase in mandates on its prime brokerage platform over the last 12 months.The…
20 Dec 2012
LIG Assets forms partnership with Texas Real Estate Hedge Fund
LIG Assets has entered into an alliance with Texas Real Estate Hedge Fund to invest, acquire, manage and finance commercial real estate…
19 Dec 2012
Citi secures hedge fund depository, custody and prime brokerage mandate
Citi has been awarded a mandate from Brummer & Partners, Sweden's largest hedge fund manager, to provide depositary, custody and prime…
18 Dec 2012
Wells Fargo Asset Management makes strategic investment in The Rock Creek Group
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) has acquired a minority ownership stake in privately held The Rock Creek Group (Rock Creek), a…
Arden Asset Management launches USD700m alternatives mutual fund
Arden Asset Management has launched an open-end mutual fund, the Arden Alternative Strategies Fund, with more than USD700m in assets, which…
17 Dec 2012
Prime brokers battle the perfect storm
By Duncan Crawford – Revenue pressures coupled with increased costs are forcing many in the industry to overhaul their business models in…
LME celebrates record year following acquisition by HKEx
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is celebrating another record year with volumes 10 per cent higher and a series of industry awards. The…
The Carlyle Group closes USD620m CLO
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has closed a USD620m collateralised loan obligation fund, the firm’s fourth new-issue CLO in…
14 Dec 2012
Worldwide diamond consumption to surge 60 per cent by end of decade
A surge in rough diamond consumption by the growing middle classes in China and India will push global consumption to USD26.1bn in value…
The night before Christmas
By Jamie Berry, Chairman, Berry Asset Management – It was the night before Christmas; a solitary figure shuffled through the fast emptying…
Corporate bond market undergoing radical transformation, says Tabb
The corporate bond market is changing and in far more wholesale a fashion than a mere e-trading trend, says Tabb Group. In new research,…
