Special Reports

While the past year has not been comfortable for the hedge fund industry, it has not brought any significant challenge to the position of the Cayman Islands as the world’s leading offshore he »

The administrator’s time has come. Once a relatively obscure part of the asset management industry, administration is now in the front line of services to hedge funds. »

The improved economic outlook has encouraged managers to launch a raft of new funds. »

Investors are embracing risk again and the hedge fund sector has bounced back to life. But things are not quite the same as they once were, and perhaps never will be. »

Due diligence has been thrust to the forefront of the alternative investment industry in the wake of the Madoff scandal and the Lehman Brothers collapse. »

For the hedge fund industry, the Madoff affair did not so much change the rules of the game, as embed them more rapidly and more deeply. »

At the end of last year it was possible to believe that the hedge fund industry might be drastically reduced in size over the next couple of years, and that the Cayman Islands, home to the vast majori »

With the global financial markets remaining fragile, it is still unclear to what extent the secondary effects of the credit crunch will impact the fund industry in Luxembourg, but industry experts are »

Already the world's second-ranking financial centre behind only the US for the domicile and servicing of investment funds, with some 11,800 funds and sub-funds and assets under management totalling EU »

Within the last 12 months, the financial world had to weather a storm that is unprecedented in history. »