Growing internationalisation and a mounting regulatory obligation means an increasing need to consider tax consequences when investing from Hong Kong and China. When investing cross-border, the withholding tax burdens can be reduced by half. These were the comments of Michel
Malta-based Custom House Global Fund Services has been appointed to act as the full service administrator of the funds managed by Efficient Capital Management of Illinois, US. "After a very careful due diligence process we became convinced that Custom House
Elementum Advisors has been appointed by one of the largest North American pension plans to manage a risk-linked investments mandate focused on collateralised reinsurance investments. While the terms of the mandate are confidential, it funded in May 2010 and has
Source says the use of sector exchange-traded funds by hedge funds now represents a meaningful slice of overall sector investing in Europe. The London based ETF provider says total turnover on its European sector ETFs reached EUR5.9bn in April, according
First State Investments (UK) has launched an onshore version of its Global Agribusiness Fund. Targeted at UK and European wholesale and institutional investors, the UK-domiciled First State Global Agribusiness Fund follows the earlier launch last month of an identical offshore
Martin Currie Investment Management has agreed to acquire the Sofaer Capital European long/short equity business. Sofaer Capital currently manages approximately USD280m of assets, of which USD140m is the Sofaer Capital European Hedge Fund and USD140m two separate accounts. It is
Morten Spenner, CEO at International Asset Management Limited (IAM), one of the oldest specialist fund of hedge funds manager, discusses his outlook for a range of strategies for the second quarter of 2010. Long/Short Equity:Strong earnings growth and further confirmation
Lyster Watson, a hedge fund advisory firm, has received US patent protection on its True Alpha hedge fund rating and ranking system. The US Patent Office awarded the firm and portfolio manager Marc Freed US Patent No. 7,707,092 on 27
Former Dexion Capital veteran Andrew Gale and DBS veteran Lee Ka Shao have received an allocation from the pension fund management firm APG to seed the launch of a new Asian focused macro hedge fund. APG manages the assets of
Channel Islands leaders are confident about relations with the new UK government – including Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat business secretary who is renowned as a vigorous critic of “tax havens”. Officials from Jersey and Guernsey have also found
