At last month’s Lyxor 4th Annual Hedge Fund Conference in Paris, an interesting paper dealing with the way that market exchanges operate in single and fragmented markets and the social consequences that investing in speed has on investors, was presented
Union Bancaire Privée had net earnings of CHF103.3m (USD95.6m) at the end of the first half of 2010, in line with expectations. UBP attracted CHF3.4bn (USD3.1bn) in capital inflows in the first half of 2010 and has seen its total
Kotak Mahindra (UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank, is launching a fixed maturity plan to help foreign investors access the India corporate debt market. This follows the closure in early July of Kotak Fixed Maturity Plan-I,
Interview with Mike Rosen, senior managing director, Concept Capital Markets – The outsourcing of middle- and back-office services as well as increased demand for better technology in areas such as portfolio analytics, performance measurement and risk management are key trends
More than USD7.7bn in catastrophe bonds has now been listed on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange in the British Overseas Territory. Cayman Finance chairman Anthony Travers says the latest figures emphasise the extraordinary growth in this particular sector since 2007
GLG Partners has reported estimated net assets under management of approximately USD23bn as of 30 June 2010. The company had net inflows of approximately USD1.5bn for the second quarter of 2010 and USD2.5bn for the first half of 2010. It
Managed futures gained 0.35% in September according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Index is down just 0.41%. “Operation Twist in the US, sovereign debt uncertainty in Europe, and potential slowing in China all conspired to
Ignis Asset Management has launched the USD100m Ignis Absolute Return Emerging Market Debt Fund, which is based on a strategy that has been run for an institutional client since January 2012. The fund, which is a sub fund of Ignis
After a dramatic decline in May the stock markets fell back strongly again in June, according to data from the Edhec-Risk Institute. The S&P 500 index fell sharply by 5.23 per cent to its level of October 2009 and implied
Andrew Morris, managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and their clients, comments on the crisis facing the Italian bond market… We are experiencing a seemingly relentless rise in the EU government bond
