28 Jun 2010
Geraldine Sundstrom of Brevan Howard to receive leadership award
100 Women in Hedge Funds, a non-profit organisation for professionals in the alternative investments industry, will award Geraldine…
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Bulge bracket ceding research share to smaller providers
The loss of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch from the ranks of independent competitors in US equity research gave a boost to…
BNY Mellon to provide prime brokerage custody for Goldman Sachs
BNY Mellon has been chosen by Goldman Sachs International to provide a segregated sub-custody service to its prime brokerage clients…
Hedge funds drop 247 per cent as net outflows reach USD11.05bn
Despite hedge funds successfully navigating a gloomy macro scenario and concerns over Greece’s fiscal position, the industry recorded…
ClearBridge Energy MLP Fund raises USD1.268bn
ClearBridge Energy MLP Fund has raised approximately USD1.268bn in its common stock offering, assuming full exercise of the underwriters'…
Investor opinion about hedge funds and leveraged investing is mixed
Institutional investors are reasonably comfortable with leveraged investing today, though investor opinion about hedge funds and leveraged…
Modest pick-up in UK financial services activity
Activity in UK financial services grew in the last three months at the fastest rate since September 2007. But this growth was much lower…
25 Jun 2010
Product transparency may result in lower returns, KPMG survey finds
Investor demands for more clearly-defined, transparent and lower-risk products combined with regulators’ desire to exercise more control…
24 Jun 2010
GlobeOp launches NAV Transparency Report for hedge fund investors
GlobeOp Financial Services has launched the GlobeOp NAV Transparency Report to help fund managers provide investors with greater visibility…
23 Jun 2010
Polar Capital AUM up 71 per cent
Polar Capital’s assets under management rose by 71 per cent during the 12 months ended 31 March 2010, totalling USD2.5bn.The recovery in…
Comment: Emergency UK Budget - June 2010
George Osborne, the youngest Chancellor of the UK Exchequer in over a century, has had to produce a budget in some of the toughest times…
Population of high net worths growing at 17.1 per cent
The world’s population of high net worth individuals is growing at 17.1 per cent, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth…
Comment: UK Budget – implications for asset managers
Teresa Owusu-Adjei, asset management tax leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, comments on the proposed bank levy, and on the Government's…
News from CISX: Second International Business Summit to focus on 'Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global Growth'
The second Channel Islands International Business Summit will focus on Investment Strategies for Diversification and the Engines of Global…
22 Jun 2010
Comment: The outlook for European Equities
William Davies, Head of European Equities, Threadneedle, examines the prospects for Europe against a backdrop of austerity packages.The…
