Pressure is growing on alternative fund managers from institutional investors and regulators to accept a more regulated environment.
Wells Fargo & Company has launched the Wells Fargo Hedge Fund Manager Holdings Index. The Index measures the real-time performance of the 100 largest positions in equities and equity-related securities as reported quarterly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The white paper ‘Pensions in Europe’ looks at what multinational companies see as the major issues facing them today with their pensions in Europe, examines what the companies are doing now and what they intend to do in the future.
As Europe’s largest fund jurisdiction, Luxembourg is intimately concerned by the ongoing debate between EU member states, officials and industry members about the future shape of regulation for the
Merlin Securities and Gerson Lehrman Group have entered into an exclusive research partnership which will allow Merlin to provide emerging managers with access to Gerson Lehrman’s netwo
A delegation from Guernsey has been in Moscow to raise the Island’s profile as an international investment funds centre. The team was led by Fiona Le Poidevin, Deputy Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s
The admission ofthe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as a full member of theInternational Organization of Securities Commissions is set to simplif
Equity-focused strategies in the EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indices, having increased their net market exposure – as shown by dynamic betas significantly higher than their long-term counterparts – exhibited strong performance last month and reached a five-month high: Long/Short Equity (3.36%), Event
PMA Capital Management, an Asia hedge fund manager, received a net inflow of USD150m into new and existing investment strategies in June, including its flagship macro fund focusing on FX a
Specialist finance and advisory firm Trafalgar Capital Advisors (TCA) has executed both a term sheet for financing and an advisory agreement with US-listed Turkey-based TouchIT Technologies (TUCN.OB), a leading manufacturer of touch-based visual communication products. The relationship has commenced with
