Richard Bonnor-Moris (pictured), Head of Multi-Asset Solutions at Newscape Capital comments on the credit downgrade of the UK by Moody’s… The credit downgrade of the UK by the Moody’s rating agency is unlikely to make a great deal of difference
Ruth Lea (pictured), Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the downgrade to Britain’s debt rating, the latest public finances data and the Bank’s February Inflation Report.… Moody’s downgraded Britain’s sovereign debt rating from Aaa to Aa1, which was
With changes afoot in the attitude of governments and regulators to compensation and incentivisation packages, Martin Cornish (pictured left) and Mark Silveira (pictured right) of Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish LLP outline the series of steps alternative investment firms need to
Hedge fund investors expect continued growth in 2013, and are predicting alternative investment industry AUM to reach an all time high of USD2.5trn by year end with net inflows of USD123bn, according to the 11th Deutsche Bank Alternative Investor Survey.
Nuveen Investments, a provider of investment services to institutions and high-net-worth investors, has completed the initial public offering of the Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund. The fund will invest primarily in a diversified portfolio of commodity futures and options contracts. The
Quintillion fund administration has been chosen to provide administration services to the fund managed by Paris Capital, the Paris Capital Relative Value Fund, which launched on 1 August 2010. Mahmoud Faghihi, chief operating officer at Paris Capital, says: “We selected
The 15th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit will take place on 7 March 2013 at Cipriani 42nd Street in the heart of Manhattan from 6pm to 10pm. This landmark annual benefit is organised by Hedge
Investment bank Moelis is acquiring the management companies of Gracie Credit, a multi strategy credit manager. The acquisition will expand Moelis’ asset management platform and enable Gracie to benefit from the added resources and global reach of a larger organisation.
All bar two of the 13 Edhec-Risk Alternative Indices produced positive returns in January, with only short-selling (-4.92 per cent) and merger arbitrage (-0.30 per cent) ending the month in negative territory. The performance of hedge fund strategies exposed to
At a time when the outlook for fixed income is so uncertain, Aquila Capital intends to launch a Risk Parity Bond strategy. This is the first strategy of its kind in the market, and is designed to provide fixed income
