Investor returns of between eight and 11 per cent a year without the attendant risks of pure equity-based investment are being highlighted in a drive to raise the profile of the Assured Fu
Barclays Capital Fund Solutions says its Research Analysis Driven Absolute Return strategy is now available on Nucleus. The addition of Radar, a long short macro tactical asset allocation strategy, to the Nucleus wrap is part of an ongoing initiative to
The pace of new European hedge fund launches slowed in 2007 for the first time in several years, according to EuroHedge, with both the number of funds launched and the combined volume of a
Tim Kirk (pictured), Partner and National Head of Financial Services at BDO LLP, on Jose Manuel Barroso and Nicolas Sarkozy’s confirmation of the EU’s commitment to press ahead with a unilateral Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)… While potentially attractive, the idea
Swiss alternative investment company Altin delivered a positive investment performance of 13.57 per cent for 2009, outperforming the HFRI Fund of Funds Index which recorded 11.55 per cent. Altin’s highly liquid portfolio allows the investment manager to implement a dynamic approach
The securitisation market in The Netherlands is ideally placed to bounce back from recent worldwide economic difficulties and is expected to play a leading part in the global recovery. This was the over-riding message from members of a panel of
US fixed income fund managers continue to see value in the credit markets as a whole, although parts of it are deemed expensive, says S&P Capital IQ’s Fund Research in its latest sector trends paper. “Most of the fund managers
Following the recent turmoil in financial markets, Bernheim Dreyfus, managers of the Diva Synergy Fund, is seeing major opportunities for profit in the mergers and acquisition space. Over the last year, the Diva Synergy Fund has achieved 11 positive months
Citigroup is asking some of its private clients to accept USD250m in compensation for dropping legal claims stemming from steep losses in its troubled Falcon Strategies hedge fund.
Herschel Asset Management’s Absolute Return Fund has returned 17.86 per cent per annum since inception. The fund is an Australian domiciled, long short hedge fund investing in ASX listed securities and derivatives. The fund has a track record of over
