Joanna Shatney, Head of US Large Cap Equities at Schroders, comments on this week’s US GDP data… While the Q2 GDP data was better than expected, the absolute level of growth remains low. We are optimistic that GDP growth will accelerate
Troubled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is set to sell various wealth management and investment-related businesses based in Luxembourg or tracing their origins to the group’s bank in the grand duchy, Dexia-BIL, as part of a rescue plan also involving fresh aid
A team from Guernsey’s fund industry hosted an event in Luxembourg last month aimed at boosting cooperation between the two jurisdictions. The Guernsey delegation hosted a lunch debate to discuss the ways in which service providers in the two centres
NYSE Euronext has reported net income of USD173m, or USD0.71 per diluted share on a GAAP basis, for the second quarter of 2013, compared to net income of USD125m, or USD0.49 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2012.
As Denmark prepares to issue its first ever inflation-linked bond at auction on 24 May, David Dyer, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at AXA Investment Managers, discusses the size of the inflation-linked bond market and looks at why institutional investors
Advent Software, a provider of software and services for the investment management industry, has completed its acquisition of research management solution provider Tamale Software.
JPMorgan Securities Limited (JPMorgan) has been approved as a General Clearing Member (GCM) of the International Maritime Exchange (IMAREX). IMAREX, together with NOS Clearing, is part of the IMAREX NOS group, which operates a hybrid exchange concept combining electronic trading
Robin Griffiths has joined Cazenove Capital’s hedge fund team and will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Cazenove Worldwide Absolute Return Fund.
All Lyxor Strategy Indices ended the month of October in positive territory, led by the CTA Long Term (+4.03 per cent), the L/S Equity Market Neutral (+1.77 per cent) and the L/S Equity Long Bias (+1.63 per cent). The Lyxor
Fitch Ratings has released an industry report on alternative asset managers – US Alternative Asset Managers: An Industry Update. The publication follows the completion of a peer review of six rated alternative asset managers and their related entities, where all
