With interest rates persisting at their lowest levels in 30 years, the 14% increase in corporate deposits in South Africa over the last year, is adding significant pressure to returns on equity for many local companies already sitting on huge
HSBC Private Bank has appointed Patrick Tuohy as global head of sales and marketing for the alternative investment group, with collective responsibilities for the sales efforts of both the
Managed futures gained 3.76 per cent in September after losing 1.63 per cent in August, according to flash estimates from the Barclay CTA Index.
A consortium of leading global banks has agreed in principle to create and provide liquidity support to a master conduit to enhance liquidity in the market for asset-backed commercial pape
As 2011 draws to an end, it is interesting to note that eight of the Top 10 performers on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (Lyxor MAP) belong to the systematic and model-based kind of managers. Machine 8 – Men 2,
Artist Pension Trust, a long-term financial planning programme for emerging and mid-career artists and holder of one of the world’s largest collections of contemporary art, has announced t
As a new report from Citi Prime Finance reveals that record allocations are held in CTA/macro strategies, Dr Alexei Chekhlov, Head of Research and Portfolio Management at Systematic Alpha Management (SAM), a New York based CTA, has said that “short-term
With its long-standing background as the largest centre for the domicile and servicing of traditional mutual funds outside the US, Luxembourg has approached the hedge fund industry from a different
Apex Fund Services (UK) Limited has received authorisation by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a Fund Operator. As a Fund Operator, Apex’s UK office is now one of a small number of administrators in the country that is
