The transition to a new party leadership in 2012 should facilitate bolder reform and further unlock China’s growth potential, says Yiqian Jiang, fund manager, DWS Invest Chinese Equities fund… 
We believe that fears of an economic hard-landing will prove unwarranted as the
Caldwell Life Strategies, an asset manager providing life settlement and related investing solutions, has reorganised its affiliates under a single corporation resulting in a new name and corporate identity. The new face of Caldwell encompasses all phases of life settlement
Bermuda-based Nephila Capital, an investment manager specialising in insurance-linked securities, attracted inflows of USD340m from 11 UK institutions into its catastrophe reinsurance fund in the second half of 2009. The latest inflows bring total assets under management in the platform
Navatar Group is offering two for one promotion pricing for its buy side and sell side cloud computing solutions running on the Force.com platform. The pricing includes both the Navatar service and the underlying Force.com seats. "Financial firms need a
London and more specifically the Core West End, still ranks as the number one destination for hedge funds in Europe according to “Hedging the Risk”, a new research report from Jones Lang LaSalle. Andrew Barnes, director in Jones Lang LaSalle’s
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 0.96 per cent in February, bringing its year-to-date performance to 0.42 per cent. The S&P 500 increased 2.85 per cent in February (-0.95 per cent YTD), while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 2.56
Guernsey’s zero-10 corporate tax regime has been deemed harmful by the EU’s Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation. The Code Group had previously ruled similarly in relation to both the zero-10 regimes of both Jersey and the Isle of
Recent improvements in the US economy could give Barack Obama the edge over Republican rival Mitt Romney, says Marcus Bullus, trading director at MB Capital… If President Obama looked on the ropes in Wednesday’s Presidential debate, the economy has just
Ted Wilson, Associate Partner with the UK-based wealth manager St. James’s Place, examines the role of investment bonds as a portfolio diversification and tax structuring tool for investors. Wealthier and more sophisticated investors in the UK, particularly those working in
The principal sectors of Jersey’s finance industry showed strong growth in the first three months of 2011, with rises in new fund launches and the value of funds under administration providing particularly positive news for Jersey’s funds sector. Geoff Cook,
