By Simon Gray – As though a mediocre investment climate and a difficult environment for fundraising weren’t enough to deal with, the alternative fund industry in Europe is now facing up to the home straight of implementation of the European
Interview with Ximo Vicent – Mediterranean Bank is a relatively new banking institution. Now, having focused on building out its infrastructure to meet its own business needs, the bank is looking to leverage this to support smaller funds domiciled in
Cambridge Associates, a provider of independent investment advice and research to institutional investors and private clients, has taken steps to increase its clients’ resources for assessing risk profiles of hedge fund portfolios. Consultants at Cambridge Associates now have access to
By Dominique Lecocq (pictured) & Dr Caroline Pace, partner and senior associate, respectively, Lecocqassociate – In order to get a regulatory license, an asset management company must guarantee a fit and proper organisation. Most recognised jurisdictions have set similar standards,
This year’s GAIM International at the Meridien Beach Plaza in Monaco is a star-studded affair. The industry talent expected to congregate looks set to reflect the dazzling depths of the Mediterranean breaking just offshore. Such luminary names as GLG Partners’
Rothschild Asset Management and Larch Lane Advisors have launched Rothschild Larch Lane Management Company. The joint venture company will act as the investment advisor for a multi-manager liquid alternatives 40 Act fund that will use a risk balanced approach to
By Roger Buckley (pictured) – As an emerging funds jurisdiction Malta is in a strong and perhaps enviable position to mould its future as a domicile and fund administration centre with enhanced corporate governance standards. Together with compliance and risk
Newly launched investment advisory boutique Emotional Assets Management & Research has launched its first investment fund, The Emotional Assets Fund 1. Believed by EAMR to be the first of its kind, the fund will invest in a diversified set of
Interview with Gatis Eglitis – For integrated brokerage and fund platform firm, EXANTE, setting up in Malta last year was certainly a case of ‘New Kid on the Block’. Historically, the island has always been a nation of savers. The
The US futures markets have a target on their backs as newer market stakeholders are taking aim using algorithms, according to a report by Tabb Group. Electronic market makers, hedge funds and long-only asset managers alike are forging algorithmic trading
