Even a cut of 1 per cent in US interest rates will be insufficient to resolve the crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market and dampen the resulting turbulence affecting equities and fixe
The widely-held belief that emerging hedge funds perform better than older and larger funds has been reinforced by research from PerTrac Financial Solutions, creators of the PerTrac Analyt
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gained 1.82 per cent in July and is up 6.91 per cent year-to-date. The S&P 500 gained 4.95 per cent in July (+18.20 per cent YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 3.96 per
India’s economy remains a good bet for international investors, with buoyant domestic demand and strong fundamentals, in spite of the fallout from the turmoil in US, European and Asian mar
State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has been appointed to manage a GBP165m global equity 130/30 mandate by the Asda Group Pension Fund,
Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors and index provider, says that while some hedge funds focused on mortgage-backed securities have suffered well-publicised losses due to t
A slight growth in average UK house prices in Q2 2013 will bring good news to home owners nationwide but the quarterly statistics just released by HM Land Registry should set off warning bells for the Chancellor. The price of
Daniel J Vene, Jeffrey J Eaton and Thomas L Knechtel have joined independent global placement agent CP Eaton Partners at its headquarters in Connecticut to help the firm expand its alterna
The booming alternative funds industry, along with the rest of the population of the Cayman Islands, breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after Hurricane Dean veered southward, skirting the
PowerShares and Nasdaq Global Funds have finalised the sponsorship transfer of the Nasdaq 100 exchange-traded fund, in fulfilment of a transaction announced last year.
