06 Jan 2011
Prospects for growth and new wave of regulation to deliver 'one-two punch' for fund administration in 2011
A new wave of global regulatory reform, combined with the prospects for renewed growth in the investment management industry, will deliver…
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05 Jan 2011
Headstart launches global emerging markets fund
Headstart Advisers is looking to build on the success of its Limestone Wider Russia Fund with the launch of the new Limestone Global…
Byron Wien's ten surprises for 2011
Blackstone Advisory Partners vice chairman, Byron R Wien, has issued his 26th annual list of 'surprises' for the coming year. The first…
Insch relocates to Zug
Insch Capital Management has opened new offices and relocated the domicile of the firm to the Swiss canton of Zug. Over the last several…
Agecroft Partners sees strong trends in hedge fund capital raising for 2011
Agecroft Partners predicts 2011 will be a very good year for flows into the hedge fund industry, despite the recent negative publicity…
30 Dec 2010
Investor confidence index rises to 104.4 in December
Global investor confidence rose 8.0 points in December according to figures released by State Street Global Markets. The State Street…
29 Dec 2010
Hedge fund managers turn extremely bullish on US equities
Hedge fund managers have turned extremely upbeat on US equities, according to the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge Survey of Hedge Fund Managers for…
Hedge funds suffer mild setback in November
Hedge funds experienced a mild setback in November, according to the latest data released by Morningstar. The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund…
23 Dec 2010
Volatile trading on hedge fund market likely to extend in 2011
Prices on the hedge fund secondary market remain volatile, according to the latest data from Hedgebay. A lack of price stability has been…
22 Dec 2010
Turkey drops 9.7 per cent in November
Turkey was the worst performing country in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia in November, dropping by 9.7 per cent, according to…
Hedge funds post first negative performance since June
November marked the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index’s first negative month of performance since June.Many managers focused on…
KBC closes sale of US life settlement portfolio
KBC has finalised the sale of the US life settlement portfolio held by KBC Financial Products to certain funds managed by affiliates of…
21 Dec 2010
Islands set to benefit from focus on substance
By Ross Youngs - In the current global environment, managers and regulators are focusing determinedly on the substance of activities in…
Entrepreneurial spirit opens up new business flows
By Simon Gray - In a global environment where managers of classic alternative investment strategies are having to work harder than ever to…
Learning from the crisis
By Ed Devenport (pictured) and Gavin Farrell - The past couple of years have seen a striking change in the type of work carried out by fund…
