Quintillion has been appointed by Absolute Return Partners LLP (ARP) to provide administration services to the ARP Halkin Mortgage Funds PLC, which launched on 21 September 2011. The fund seeks to achieve capital appreciation and income on portfolios of Danish
Jeffrey L Gould has been appointed managing director and global head of distribution for Citi Alternative Investments, responsible for overseeing all of its sales and distribution efforts
Asian Finance Bank and AmanahRaya Investment Bank Labuan have entered into an innovative Islamic forward binding transaction and agreed to establish an Islamic marine fund that is intended
Following closely on the heels of London-based Cheyne Capital’s collapsed USD 6.6 bn Cheyne Finance structured investment vehicle (SIV), Rhinebridge, a Dublin-based USD 2 billion SIV spons
Merrill Lynch shares took a pounding on Wednesday after the New York-based bank reported larger than expected losses as a result of the recent turmoil in the credit market
By James Williams – It seems apt that as this report assesses how the BVI has evolved as a jurisdiction over the last 10 years as the islands’ financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Since
Deutsche Schiffsbank, which specialises in long-term ship mortgages, is deploying SuperDerivatives’ interest rate and foreign currency derivatives to help shipping customers manage risk an
Managers with illiquid or hard-to-value fixed income securities in their portfolios can now use independent evaluations from Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations (SPSE), a wholly o
By Mara Spencer (pictured) – The hedge fund industry is getting more bifurcated: whilst it’s true that the majority of investor capital is flowing into billion dollar hedge funds, who in turn are being administered by the big players –
Sophie Chardon, head of quantitative and cross asset analysis at Natixis, looks at the key themes that dominated hedge fund directions in Q3 – and considers the impact on strategy. There were three themes for hedge funds to consider in
