07 Feb 2012
Ireland extends its commodity fund offering
By Petrina Smyth and Noeleen Ruddy (pictured) – As a leading jurisdiction for the establishment of investment funds and structured finance…
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06 Feb 2012
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index up 2.26% in January
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 2.26% in January as all of the component strategies reported positive…
Insch publishes damning report on asset management fees and performance
Alternative investment group Insch Capital Management has launched its proprietary Risk to Revenue (R2R) model, which provides an in-depth…
ETFs, arbitrage and contagion: a potential link?
Arbitrageurs can propagate liquidity shocks between related markets. That’s the premise of an intriguing new white paper presented by…
Blackstone reports ENI of USD1.4bn for 2011
The Blackstone Group has reported Economic Net Income (ENI) of USD1.389 billion for the full year 2011, slightly lower than USD1.418…
05 Feb 2012
Swiss investigate banks over borrowing rates for derivatives trades
The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has opened an investigation into twelve major banks over suspicions that they may have colluded…
03 Feb 2012
Forward launches new growth fund with long/short equity strategy focused on disruptive technologies
Forward Management has launched the Forward Endurance Fund (FENIX), an equity mutual fund that seeks growth and positive absolute returns…
02 Feb 2012
ML Capital to launch two new UCITS funds on the MontLake Platform
ML Capital will be launching two new UCITs funds this quarter on the MontLake Platform. As well as the the launch of the Goldwinds Global…
EMCF introduces lowest clearing rates in the world
European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF), Europe’s largest cash equity CCP, is offering the lowest clearing price available in…
Assets of sovereign wealth funds climb to record USD4.8 trillion in 2011
Global assets under management of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) increased for the third year running in 2011 to a record USD4.8 trillion,…
01 Feb 2012
Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Euronext merger would ‘bring nothing to institutional investors’
Seth Merrin (pictured), CEO of Liquidnet, comments on reports the European Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, is to block the…
Hedge funds outperform ALSI by six per cent in 2011, with less volatility
The Blue Ink Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 Hedge Funds in South Africa, recorded an 8.65% increase in 2011,…
European Commission blocks Deutsche Börse-NYSE Euronext merger
The European Commission is prohibiting the planned merger between Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext because, based on its definition of…
31 Jan 2012
Unprecedented opportunities for distressed debt investors
European crisis could offer unprecedented opportunities for distressed debt investors, says Galia Velimukhametova (pictured), manager of…
GlobeOp opens fourth Mumbai office
GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.) has added a fourth office to its Mumbai network, increasing capacity to meet growing client service…
