US-dollar prime money market funds (MMFs) have increased their total exposure to European financial institutions by 16 per cent (USD27bn) in the first two months of Q3 2013, says Moody’s Investors Service. Most of this increase is due to
By Simon Gray – Never has there been so much discussion in the industry about the redomiciliation of funds from offshore to onshore financial centres, especially within the European Union, in order to meet the preferences of institutional investors cagy
In light of the current fiscal and monetary concerns that are gripping the minds of investors around the world, Institutional Asset Manager asked the heads of some of the world’s leading asset managers to share their thinking on portfolio management
Patricia White (pictured), managing director of Legis Fund Services, discusses how the fund industry in Guernsey is faring at a time when the eurozone economy remains fragile. While the debt crisis continues to plague the eurozone there is a constant
By Simon Gray – For nearly a decade Jersey has been focusing its strategy for developing the financial services industry on fund domiciliation and servicing for alternative investments including property funds, private equity structures and hedge fund platforms. However, the
Investors continued to allocate new capital to the hedge fund industry in quarter two, exhibiting a clear and continued preference for strategies with characteristically low exposure to global equity markets, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.
By Michael Sanders – When Alceda Fund Management was established in 2007, Luxembourg was already a well-recognised fund domicile, so the choice was relatively straightforward. Now, with more than 3,800 investment funds and net assets of nearly EUR2.1bn, Luxembourg is
Hedge funds posted gains in September with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index up 0.96 per cent and the HFRX Market Directional Index up 2.23 per cent. The HFRX Event Driven Index posted a gain of 2.10 per cent
The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 2012 measured 2.18 per cent, down from 3.71 per cent in June. "Forward redemptions remain low, this month’s percentage being one of the lowest in the history of the Indicator,” says Bill Stone,
Entrepreneur Partners has launched its second long/short hedge fund on its platform, the Trias L/S Fund. The fund will apply macroeconomic and fundamental stock analysis to a universe of liquid German, Austrian and Swiss companies. The strategy encompasses event-driven, momentum
