After a week in China's hinterland, Lead Portfolio Manager and Head of Hermes Emerging Markets Gary Greenberg, talks about how he saw every stage of development whilst on his travels… We travelled on amazing five-star highways in remote areas, landed
EDHEC-Risk Institute has released results of European survey on use of equity and bond indices by institutional investors. The survey, which elicited responses from 104 European institutional investment professionals, EDHEC-Risk Institute analyses the current uses of and opinions on equity
Global investors have started 2012 with a reawakened sense of optimism towards the global economy and greater appetite for risk, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January. The global survey of 214 institutional investors shows
The Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) has issued a voluntary corporate governance code for Irish authorised collective investment schemes (CIS) and Irish authorised management companies. This follows an invitation by the Central Bank for the funds industry to develop and
ESMA has published its final report on guidelines on systems and controls in an automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities (ESMA/2011/456). In issuing these guidelines, ESMA rolls out a comprehensive regime governing the operation of
Quintillion fund administration has been appointed by the IQS Group to provide administration services to its IQS Futures Fund which launched November 2011. The assets of the Fund will be traded by IQS Capital Management utilising the IQS Diversified Program.
Galbraith Capital has listed its Global Strategies Fund on the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace (AGM). "Galbraith Capital is excited to participate in listing our fund on AGM. We have long believed that it is of paramount importance to provide investors with
CBOE Holdings has declared a quarterly cash dividend of USD0.18 per share of common stock payable on 20 December to stockholders of record at the close of business on 29 November. CBOE Holdings is the holding company for Chicago Board
Forecasting is a necessary but challenging exercise in investing. The more complex the financial markets, the more complicated a forecast. In addition, the natural difficulty of forecasting is exacerbated further by typical human responses to complex situations. Scott Wolle (pictured),
Simple Alternatives’ S1 Fund, a multi-manager, long/short equity mutual fund, marked its three-year anniversary on 1 October. "Our goal with the S1 Fund was to deliver the benefits of true hedge fund investing combined with better liquidity and overall transparency
