The financial industry is expecting Target2-Securities (T2S) to have significant impact in business, according to a survey by GFT and the ICMA European Repo Council. The majority of respondents (75%) strongly agreed that they were aware of the implications of
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe, was up 1.4% in April, lifting year to date gains to 2.1%. Macroeconomic data were reasonably supportive in
A service that provides independent directorship to hedge funds and investment funds has been launched in the UK & Ireland. Independent Fund Director Services provides an experienced and qualified investment professional who can either join the fund board as an
Jupiter Asset Management is to launch two Ucits III funds for fund manager Philip Gibbs. The two unit trust funds, which have been authorised by the FSA, will be launched in the next two to three months. The Jupiter Absolute
Hedge Funds Care, an alliance of hedge fund industry professionals committed to protecting children from abuse and neglect, is holding its fifth London fundraising benefit on 3 December 2009. Esther Rantzen CBE (pictured), veteran journalist and TV presenter and founder
Collins Stewart Fund Management has launched the Collins Stewart Alternative Strategies Fund. With a target return objective of consistent absolute returns of approximately six to ten per cent per annum, the fund has daily dealing with no lock up periods
Peter Mills, Managing Director of Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Fund Services Limited, examines Sweden’s redraft of the EU’s proposed AIFM Directive. There is a common agreement amongst the financial services industry that the proposed Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers
Man Investments has launched the latest addition to its flagship IP 220 family – Man IP220 Series 7. This issuance builds upon the IP 220 investment strategy which has delivered an annualised return of 13.1 per cent over the past
In a new world where offshore financial centres are being called upon to adopt a wide range of regulatory and transparency standards in order to continue to access investment and other financial se
FxPro Financial Services Limited (‘FxPro’) has launched a Prime-of-Prime service in a bid to attract institutional investors and enable them to benefit from greater transparency and trading cost efficiencies. With FxPro Prime, hedge funds, in particular start-ups (as well as
