15 Nov 2012
Global gold demand reflects challenging global economic climate
Global gold demand in quarter three 2012 was 1,084.6 tonnes, down 11 per cent from the record Q3 2011 figure of 1,223.5t. This dip in…
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SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 0.13 per cent in October
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for October 2012 measured 0.13 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured…
13 Nov 2012
Coalition confusion over wind farms is backward looking
The recent confusion and lack of direction from the Westminster Government may cause the UK to slide towards the bottom of the renewable…
Navatar pushing cloud-based technology to provide alternative investment managers with comprehensive data integration
US-based Navatar Group is a leading provider of cloud computing for Wall Street firms, but increasingly that client base is widening out to…
12 Nov 2012
Man Group appoints Citi to provide fund administration services
Citi has completed the implementation of Man Umbrella Sicav, the Luxembourg fund business of the Man Group. Citi will provide an integrated…
MISYS White Paper – Searching for Alpha: Considering Alternatives to Generate Growth
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.” – Seneca. Things are not getting any easier for asset managers, the…
Latin American debt continues to offer investment opportunity, says Market Vectors
Opportunities continue to exist in Latin American debt despite negative news coming from the region, according to Market Vectors’ fixed…
Greece focused hedge fund launched by Dromeus
A Greece focused hedge fund has been launched by Dromeus Capital Group, an emerging markets alternative investment specialist.Dromeus is…
10 Nov 2012
An advantageous destination for the Mena manager
As the West increasingly looks to the Mena region for new business, Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the…
Chinese equities historically cheap – new government will continue to support economy
Chinese equities are starting to catch up after underperforming the global market for two years, says Jian Shi Cortesi (pictured), fund…
09 Nov 2012
Institutional investors active in CTA funds have more than doubled since 2008
There are now 713 global institutional investors with an active CTA portfolio, a significant increase on 2011 when the number stood at 504,…
Meeting the operational challenges
Interview with Ed Gouldstone (pictured), Linedata – Whilst managers might welcome investor requests for managed account mandates given…
The four advantages of EIM’s LumX platform
By Eric Bissonnier & Francesco Samson – Robust independence Institutional investors remain, to some degree, nervous allocating to…
Service providers push to deliver greater transparency
By James Williams – Despite the operational challenges that face managers who decide to take on managed accounts, it seems almost…
dbSelect sees ongoing growth
Interview with Effie Datson – For CTA managers on Deutsche Bank’s dbSelect platform, 2012 has very much been a year of contrasting…
