Even before the Madoff scandal, investors were dissatisfied with the quality of information on liquidity and operational risk exposure and had noted the dangers of inadequate reporting,
Brent Lippman, chief executive of specialist financial services optimisation firm Response Analytics, says that new technology offers the potential to refine and streamline the mortgage
Praxis Fund Services in Guernsey has announced it has signed an initial agreement to purchase Investec Administration Services.
Major institutional investors are poised to increase their allocations to alternative investments, with a bias towards real estate and real assets, during 2014, according to a survey by BlackRock. Approximately half of institutions surveyed – 49 per cent – expect
Hedge funds lost a record 21.44 per cent in 2008, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
The Quantum UK Absolute Income Fund, launched in November 2005, has recorded a total return of 17.4 per cent over the past three years – 21 percentage points better than the HFRX Global
Not so long ago, private equity players dominated the headlines of the financial media with their multi-billion buy-outs of the world’s biggest firms.
Sydney-based diversified fund manager Pengana Capital has announced an expansion into Asia, with the opening of an office in Singapore and the appointment of three investment profession
Transaction costs can significantly diminish the returns of even the best investments, prompting the emergence of a new breed of tools designed to reduce trading risks, according to fin
Deutsche Börse subsidiaries Eurex and Clearstream have launched a new collateral basket, EXTended Basket, on the GC Pooling market, Eurex Repo’s secured money market segment.<
