Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA), an alternative investment advocacy organisation, reports that global demand for timber has increased, resulting in higher prices across Europe, Japan, China and the United States. AAA collated industry lumber data from a number of sources and
The Hedge Fund Replication Index gained 1.1 per cent in November, bringing year to date gains to 9.0 per cent. Although this appears to significantly lag the non-investable HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index performance, which is up 18.8 per cent
Standard & Poor’s has launched an index that measures the performance of investable emerging market companies whose weighting is based in part on their level of carbon emissions. The S&P/IFCI Carbon Efficient Index is designed to closely track the parent
GlobeOp Financial Services’ assets under administration (AuA) increased to a record total of USD167 billion as at 31 March 2011, a 12% increase from USD149 billion at 31 December 2010 and a 46% increase in the past 12 months, according
ConvergEx, a provider of investment and execution technology solutions to institutional clients, is giving clients of its order management system, Eze OMS, access to intraday, daily and monthly risk management analysis and reports through RiskMetrics Group. Through the agreement, Eze
By Michael Appenzeller – Over the past two years Switzerland has been a focus for hedge fund managers re-examining the location of their business and operations. The country is now among the most attractive jurisdictions in Europe to establish some
The worldwide financial market’s performance over the last 12 months has made some financial institutions and investors wary, but law firm Walkers sees opportunities for offshore finance and private equity structures in Asia. While there have been shifts in focus
Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up 2.29 per cent in November, based on 71 per cent of assets reporting. Hedge funds regained momentum in November following October’s muted returns. A number of global macro
Analogic, a designer and manufacturer of medical imaging and aviation security technology, has reached an agreement with Ramius Value and Opportunity Master Fund and Ramius relating to the company’s 2010 annual meeting of stockholders. Ramius beneficially owns approximately 4.9 per
Don Steinbrugge (pictured), Chairman of Agecroft Partners, looks at how endowments and foundations are rediscovering their appetite for hedge fund allocations… Large Endowments and Foundations were early adopters of hedge funds in their portfolios with many allocating approximately 50% of
