Edhec-Risk and the prime brokerage group at Newedge have created a research chair through which Edhec researchers will develop advanced modelling techniques that can be used for alterna
In an implicit challenge to the strategy of monetary expansion being deployed by central banks, some hedge funds are now buying gold.
Closely understanding the needs of its private equity clients has led to KPMG Luxembourg’s corporate finance team re-engineering the valuation process to make it as cost efficient as possible. Valuation is a well-known subject but until now private equity firms
Dechert has advised longstanding client ETF Securities, through its subsidiary ETFS Commodity Securities, on the proposed listing of its new platform of short and leveraged exchange-traded
Aramid Asset Management is hosting its cricket championship finals in London on 29 June to raise funds for Capital Kids Cricket.
Mutual funds continue to grow as the vehicle of choice for accessing alternative strategies, according to the eighth annual alternative investment survey by Morningstar and Barron’s. “2013 marked the strongest asset flows into alternative funds and the largest number of
Edinburgh-based independent fund management group SVM Asset Management believes that the 2009 stock market environment could continue to prove difficult for conventional long only funds
By Dermot Butler, President, Custom House Group – In a weak moment I agreed to a request to write this paper, giving my predictions on the hedge fund space in 2014. Anyone who is prepared to predict the future must
MSCI Barra, a New York-based provider of investment support tools including indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics, has announced plans to launch the MSCI Asia-Pacific Hedge
Online Resources, a provider of online financial services, has announced that independent proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones is recommending that shareholders re-elect three members of the
