In many respects 2014 was a year of consolidation and possibly a sign of better things to come in the BVI in the view of Mara Spencer (pictured), Managing Director of ACE Fund Services. It was, she says, a period
The BVI has seen some good traction in the Approved Manager regime since it was introduced at the end of 2012. Whilst this has proved popular with start-up and small- to mid-sized managers looking for a lighter touch regulatory oversight
By James Williams (pictured) – It seems the decision by the BVI’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), last year to extend the Approved Manager regime to managers running non-BVI funds, as well as those running managed accounts, was
There can be no doubt that regulation is raising the costs of doing business for Swiss hedge fund managers. Any opportunity to consolidate operational costs with their service providers is surely welcome as revenue margins continue to get squeezed. UBS
55% of private equity firms surveyed by Preqin at the end of 2014 stated they would deploy greater levels of capital in 2015, although 39% suggested it is more difficult to find attractive investments. Preqin’s Christopher Elvin comments: 2014 was
Standard & Poor’s has published the composition and weights for the 2010 S&P GSCI. The S&P GSCI is a world production-weighted commodity index which, in 2010, will be composed of 24 liquid, exchange-traded futures contracts. The S&P GSCI includes energy,
Hedge fund industry profits in 2013 reached USD31.2 billion but poor performance in 2014 cut that figure by 30% to only USD21.9 billion, a loss of nearly USD10 billion, according to a Citi survey. Institutionalisation of the hedge fund investor
Scipion Capital, the African hedge fund manager, has launched a mining fund which allows investors to capitalise on the recovery of the junior mining and natural resources sector in Africa. The Scipion Mining & Resources Fund launched to investors on
The needs of clients have changed in two clear ways since the end of the crisis, with respect to hedge fund investing, according to Nicolas Campiche (pictured), chief executive officer at Pictet Alternative Investments: the investment approach and service expectations.
Barclays Capital’s natural resource investments team has partnered with Richard Hall and Rory Edwards to create an oil and gas development company, Nio Petroleum, which will focus on undeveloped discoveries, marginal fields and late-life assets in South East Asia. Hall
