The introduction of a registered regime for closed-ended investment schemes has helped send the value of funds under management and administration in Guernsey to a new high of more than GB
Multi-faceted investment and advisory services firm, Carl Marks, has partnered with BlueStar Capital Management to launch the BlueStar CM Life Sciences Focus Fund.
Deutsche Bank has announced the introduction of a new proprietary index, the db Absolute Return Beta Index (dbARB), which seeks to replicate hedge fund beta through a rigorously-tested pas
Private bank EFG International, part of Swiss-based bank EFG Group, is to buy Marble Bar Asset Management, a UK-based alternative asset manager.
Following the comments from Ben Bernanke in May, investors have clearly priced in some form of tapering with government bond yields having risen and prices having fallen. The decision by the Fed not to reduce the amount of QE each
Deutsche Bank Securities has recruited Luciana Miranda from Goldman Sachs as a managing director in the fixed-income prime brokerage group within the bank’s global markets division to laun
Stenham Group, a wealth management advisory firm specialising in alternative investments, has made three senior appointments to its asset management team in London and Guernsey.
International law firm Eversheds has acted for Threadneedle in its acquisition of Convivo Capital Management, a specialist emerging market hedge fund business with assets under management
The Newedge CTA and Trend Indices decreased in August, finishing down 1.75 per cent and 2.53 per cent respectively. Commodity strategies, as represented by the Newedge Commodity Index and its sub-indices, were positive in August, while the Newedge Macro
Fund sponsors are upgrading to more sophisticated fund governance solutions by moving beyond the friction of limited service providers to more widely-adopted institutional protocols. This growth is reflected in DMS Offshore Investment Services’ 54 per cent increase in assets
