Richard Gwilliam (pictured), Head of Property Research at PRUPIM offers his outlook for global real estate… Europe – Growth is expected to remain weak into 2013. The weakness of the economy is continuing to affect property markets, with rents largely
Paris-based M&A investment manager, Bernheim, Dreyfus, has reported continuing strong performance for its flagship Diva Synergy Enhanced Fund through 2010. In the 12 month period, the Fund’s dollar class gained 27.35% net and the euro class 27.91%. Diva Synergy’s strong
Interview with Kevin Birkett (pictured), DIFC Authority – Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an onshore financial hub in the UAE, and is, location-wise, the perfect gateway for fund managers trading markets both West and East. Although only eight years
SEI has extended its array of middle-office services by enhancing its asset pricing and valuation validation solution for investment managers. The solution, which leverages the independent valuation and pricing models of industry-leading third-party pricing providers, is designed to provide managers
A new wave of global regulatory reform, combined with the prospects for renewed growth in the investment management industry, will deliver a "one-two punch" for fund administrators in 2011, according to Confluence, a provider of automated data management solutions. Confluence
Hedge funds navigated January well with positive returns from all four main strategies: equity hedge, relative value, event driven and global macro/CTA, according to HFRX strategy index returns. The HFRX Global Hedge Fund index finished January up 2.0 per cent.
Dutch hedge funds posted an average gain of 2.2 per cent in September, as measured by the Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index. This is the third consecutive month of gains and money was made in up and down markets for
Headstart Advisers is looking to build on the success of its Limestone Wider Russia Fund with the launch of the new Limestone Global Emerging Markets Fund. Headstart says the fund will look to exploit the inherent value and growth in
Law firm Maples and Calder says it has increased its market share in the investment funds arena in Ireland over the past two years. Maples is now ranked second among all Irish legal advisers, progressing from a previous ranking of
Hedge funds posted strong gains in January as the resolution of the US fiscal cliff and investor optimism regarding the European banking and sovereign debt crisis drove gains across all hedge fund strategies to begin 2013, according to data released
