On 3 October over 170 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community came together to show their support for the fundraising initiative of the Alternatives 4 Children foundation. During the third charity gala the foundation raised more than EUR108,000
Despite encouraging comments by the IMF, Bank of England Governor, Carney, is right to be cautious about the ‘sugar rush’ recovery so far, and keep all his stimulus options on the table, argues Neil Williams (pictured), Chief Economist for Hermes’
BlackRock, Inc has reported full year diluted EPS of USD12.37, up 17% from 2010. Fourth quarter 2011 net income of USD555 million was down 7% from third quarter 2011 and 16% from a year ago. Operating income for the fourth
Seeking returns across a multi-speed world was the theme of the annual Schroders UK Institutional Conference held at the British Museum in London last month. Over 150 attendees including pension fund clients and consultants were given insight into the
Only 17 per cent of investors feel that prime brokers are the most important hedge fund service provider, according to a survey by Corgentum Consulting, a provider of hedge fund operational due diligence reviews. Administrators (33 per cent) and
Meeting performance expectations is the number one challenge facing institutional hedge fund investors in 2012. At least that’s according to SEI’s fifth annual global survey entitled: The shifting hedge fund landscape: Part I of II, which the US firm conducted
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.40 per cent for the month of June. The top-performing sub-strategies in June were equity market neutral (0.93 per cent), fixed income arbitrage (0.76 per cent) and multi-strategy (0.48 per
Over 160 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community who attended a Gala dinner on 3 October have raised more than EUR100,000 for the Alternatives 4 Children foundation. The money raised will enable the organisation to fulfil its prime objective
Hedge funds gained 0.66 per cent in June, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 2.39 per cent year to date. “A bailout package for Spain announced early in the month helped to
By James Williams – Two of the more obvious trends that have occurred in prime brokerage post-Lehman’s are perhaps, unsurprisingly, intrinsically linked to counterparty risk. The first is the move away from mono-prime to multi-prime mandates. The second, more recent
