25 Jul 2006
Can technology rise to the challenge?
The administration of traditional long-only funds has been transformed over the past decade by the use of comprehensive IT…
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A muted start for FTSE this morning
At the time of publication the Index was trading lower at one point versus the opening call of up 15 We have made up some ground however…
Awareness grows among fund gatekeepers
The Isle of Man's experience in servicing what are today known as alternative funds goes back at least two decades, to the late 1980s, when…
Building on cross-border expertise
The financial environment continues to change rapidly as asset managers and investment banks devise new products and techniques to meet the…
A sector tantalisingly out of reach
Like a number of other centres for hedge fund administration, including Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg, Dublin has aspirations to move…
The Hedgeweek Interview: Steven Solmonson, President, Park Place Capital Limited: "We are not market timers and we are not punters"
Steven Solmonson explains how Park Place delivers through its strategy of remaining long-biased, moderating exposures and ongoing…
Positive earnings news and a round of M&A activity drove equity markets higher yesterday
The NASDAQ was also able to rally with the broader composite index up over 2%. The buoyant mood carried over into Asia where the Nikkei…
Dow Jones Indexes and AIG launch commodity forward indexes
Dow Jones Indexes, and AIG Financial Products Corp. have launched three new commodity forwards versions of the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity…
24 Jul 2006
CACEIS is awarded AA-/stable/A-1+ rating from Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's has attributed AA- (long term), stable outlook, and A-1+ (short term) ratings to CACEIS SAS. Standard & Poor's…
The Hedgeweek Interview: Nick Mann, founder, Oberon Asset Management: Taking an ethical approach to capacity
Nick Mann discusses Oberon Asset Management's strategies in its area of key competence, the Japanese markets. Nick Mann graduated from the…
Comment: Will Landers, Fund Manager MLIIF Latin American Fund: Mexico and Brazil elections: Implications for markets
Will Flanders at Merrill Lynch examines the implications for investors of the recent presidential election in Mexico and the forthcoming…
ABX.HE provides investors with vintage exposure to home equity ABS
ABX.HE, an innovative synthetic ABS index of US home equity asset-backed securities, was rolled into its second series on 19 July 2006.…
Markets gave back some more of their recent gains on Friday
The lack of an early settlement to the Middle East crisis made investors more cautious once more. Wall Street finished Fridays session…
21 Jul 2006
The Hedgeweek Interview: Robin Bowie, Dexion Capital: Standing apart in the fast growing world of listed closed ended alternative investment companies
Robin Bowie, founder of Dexion Capital, outlines the trend towards listed closed ended investment companies and highlights Dexion's unique…
Siller takes on Baring EMEA Absolute Return Fund
Matthias Siller is joining Barings from Raiffeisen Capital Management, an Austrian investment management company with highly rated EMEA…
