The global economy will continue its dual-speed recovery in 2011, with developing and developed economies occupying “parallel and very different financial universes,” Invesco’s chief economist, John Greenwood, writes in his economic outlook for 2011. While continued balance-sheet repair in the
Coral Portfolio has launched the Coral All Seasons Account which combines its Luxembourg regulated Sicav-Sif fund structure with Deutsche Bank’s X-markets hedge fund platform. It provides absolute returns targeted at ten per cent per annum net, monthly liquidity and an
Blue Ink Investments, a South Africa-based fund of hedge funds manager, has acquired full ownership of Legae Capital, following its purchase of Legae Securities’ 43 per cent and Fatima
Maples Fund Services is offering a suite of middle office outsourcing solutions that will enable institutional investors to efficiently and effectively implement the operations and technology required to support their increasingly complex investment strategies. “As institutional investors increase allocations to
Hedge funds had their biggest outflow of 2013 in December, redeeming USD10.4bn or 0.5 per cent of assets, according to the latest TrimTabs/BarclayHedge Hedge Fund Flow Report. “The hedge fund industry took in a three-year high of USD56.5bn in 2013,
Cogent Partners, an investment bank focused on alternative assets, has announced the launch of a new hedge fund advisory business and the appointment of Pascale Alvanitakis-Guély
Concept Capital, an institutional broker and total solutions provider for global investment managers, has announced that Rob Davis has joined the firm as managing director and head of h
Deutsche Börse is expanding its European Directors’ Dealings data service to include seven more countries.
Up to around a decade ago, risk management solutions were extremely expensive and available only to the largest financial institutions such as central banks, pension funds and investment houses.
The evident risk management failings laid bare by the hedge fund industry’s troubled performance over the past year are opening up a wide range of opportunities for providers of systems and service
