Argo Capital Management’s Shamillia Sivathambu (pictured) examines the implications of the formation of a credit bubble in the emerging markets. The MSCI Global Emerging Markets Index is up more than 60%, eclipsing the 30+% highs of its developed market counterparts
Weston Capital Management, an independent alternative investment group, has formed a joint venture with Zurich-based Harcourt Investment Consulting, a global provider of alternative investment solutions for institutional investors. The alliance will seed and develop new hedge fund businesses via Weston
Man Group’s newly created multi-manager business grew assets held in managed accounts from USD4bn to USD6bn in the six months to 30 September 2009. Man’s multi-manager business, which has been operational since June, ended the period with USD17.8bn in funds
Dow Jones Indexes and Brookfield Asset Management have launched an index that measures the highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Composite Index. Michael A. Petronella (pictured), president of Dow Jones Indexes, says: "We’ve seen continued interest in
Geneva-based Unigestion has been investing in hedge funds for over 25 years and has seen investor attitudes change substantially over that time. The dominance of institutional money flooding into alternatives is well documented. But whilst fund-of-hedge fund firms appear to
Jupiter has opened its Financials Hedge Fund to external investment. Established in May 2007, the Jupiter Financials Hedge Fund is a long/short fund that seeks to achieve steady returns, to preserve capital and limit volatility in all market conditions. It
By Nick Barisheff – In some parts of the world gold is viewed as the protector of wealth. In North America, gold is viewed as a speculative investment. Economists regard a rising gold price as an admission of defeat and
According to the Q3 statistical bulletin published by the BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC), the islands’ financial regulator, a total of 27 limited partnerships were recorded in Q2 2014 compared to 16 in Q2 2013. That figure rose in Q3 to
There appears to have been a real pick-up in interest in BVI segregated portfolio company (SPC) formations over the last 12 months. Many recent conversations with start-up managers seem to be about forming such structures according to Marie-Claire Fudge (pictured),
By James Williams – There’s a general air of optimism among the BVI’s fund practitioners. Although the average hedge fund recorded sub-four per cent, the lowest average return since 2011, there was nevertheless a clear uptick in trading activity, principally
