Poor management and settlement of insurance claims remains one of the biggest concerns for hedge fund managers, according to Baronsmead Partners’s Hedge Fund Insurance Benchmarking Trends 2012 Survey. Some of the main problems identified by managers include delays in
Current valuations in China provide a great entry point for investors, says Andreas Roemer, head of emerging markets, DWS Investments… China’s investment potential looks set to remain strong in 2012, benefiting from the same forces that drove asset markets in
The gross return of the GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2012 measured 0.43%. Year-to-date (YTD) performance is 4.15%, while over the last 12 months, the index has returned 2.25%. Since inception performance stands at 65.31%. The GlobeOp Hedge
By Simon Gray – The past four years have brought upheaval throughout the global alternative investment fund industry, at times calling into question the role of the Cayman Islands as the world’s leading offshore hedge fund domicile. However, despite renewed
In the opening panel discussion at Gaim International 2012, GLG Partners’ chief investment strategist Jamil Baz (pictured) started off by outlining the general macroeconomic consensus. He noted that governments had thrown the kitchen sink at the problem, that Ben Bernanke
October got off to a tentative start with investors focused on the US debt ceiling impasse, according to Anthony Lawler, portfolio manager at GAM. This issue was temporarily resolved by mid-month and markets broadly rallied from there, with equities, credit
Manager skill continues to take centre stage in these volatile times according to GAIM conference director Victoria Chatterton (pictured). With that in mind, this year’s event focuses on four big picture themes: Evolving investor opinions on manager selection and asset
By Chris DeNigris – The Cayman Islands are the second largest market globally in terms of client assets under administration or management for Koger, as a provider of fund administration and transfer agency software to many of the world’s
By Simon Gray – Corporate governance has been at the centre of discussions worldwide about the future of alternative fund management and regulation, and nowhere more than in the Cayman Islands. Over the past few months the jurisdiction has attracted
ConvergEx Group has changed the name of NorthPoint Trading Partners to ConvergEx Prime Services, effective 30 November. “Since joining ConvergEx in 2009, our organisation has expanded and changed in tremendous ways. The synergies that have been created have made us
