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Regulatory costs might inhibit non-European fund houses from starting UCITS funds… asset manager Erste-Sparinvest restructures its Austrian equity funds…

Sun, 28/04/2013 - 18:42

SPDR ETFs, the ETF platform of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), announced this week that it had launched the SPDR Barclays EM Inflation-Linked Local Bond UCITS ETF on the Deutsche Borse; the world’s first ETF to offer pure exposure to EM inflation-linked debt. The physically-backed ETF tracks the Barclays EM Inflation-Linked 20 per cent Capped Index, which includes inflation-linked sovereign bonds issued by Brazil, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, Poland, Turkey, Israel, Korea and Thailand. »

Cayman's Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly

Cayman commits to G5 multilateral exchange pilot

Fri, 26/04/2013 - 14:01

The Cayman Islands has indicated to the UK government that it is committed to joining the G5 pilot, recently announced by the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, on multilateral automatic exchange of tax information. »

Long/short hedge funds outperform other strategies in Q1 2013, says Preqin

Fri, 26/04/2013 - 11:35

Long/short hedge funds are the top performing strategy in the first quarter of 2013, with cumulative net returns of 4.43 per cent, according to Preqin. »

Mark Okada, co-founder, chief investment officer of Highland Capital

The bank loan buying opportunity isn’t over, says Highland’s Okada

Fri, 26/04/2013 - 11:33

Investors who continue to search for yield in a zero interest rate environment may have finally found a solution in 2013: bank loan funds. Investors have poured nearly USD15bn into bank loan mutual funds in the first quarter of 2013, according to Morningstar. »

Peter Reitz, chief executive officer of EEX

EEX to launch trading in guarantees of origin on 6 June

Fri, 26/04/2013 - 10:03

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will launch trading in Guarantees of Origin for Green Power on 6 June 2013. »

Sturgeon Ventures launches theme-based absolute return fund

Fri, 26/04/2013 - 06:17

Sturgeon Ventures, the regulatory incubator, has launched the Clerkenwell Matterhorn Fund, an absolute return, open-ended long/short fund with a long bias. It will target a net total return of five to 15 per cent per annum by investing in real estate investment trusts and property development companies. »

Rothstein Kass global network admits member firm in Ireland

Thu, 25/04/2013 - 16:00

The Rothstein Kass global network has established Rothstein Kass Ireland and completed its admission as a member firm. »

Azentus Capital returns 8 per cent… Paamco looks to Asian institutionals to diversify investor base…

Thu, 25/04/2013 - 15:22

Azentus Capital Management Ltd, led by former Goldman Sachs proprietary trader Morgan Sze, returned 8 per cent before fees this year through to 22 April, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. »

Richard M McVey, chairman and chief executive of MarketAxess

MarketAxess reports Q1 2013 record revenues of USD55.6m

Thu, 25/04/2013 - 12:02

MarketAxess, the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed income securities and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed income markets, has reported record revenues of USD55.6m for the first quarter ended 31 March 2013. »

Advise Technologies launches CPO-PQR electronic filing platform

Thu, 25/04/2013 - 10:04

Advise Technologies, a software solutions provider for regulatory compliance, will offer the first CPO-PQR e-filing platform to the National Futures Association (NFA) EasyFile portal. »