The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 1.85 per cent in August, bringing year-to-date performance to 17.30 per cent, according to Hennessee Group, a consultant and adviser to dir
As part of an initiative to support the dematerialisation of securities of all types, LuxCSD is cutting fees for equities by 60 per cent from 1 April 2014. This fee reduction results in an alignment of the equity and bond
Sithe Global Power’s wholly-owned affiliate, Goreway Luxembourg Holdings, has sold a 25 per cent ownership interest in its Goreway Station, an 875MW combined cycle power generating faci
Navigant Consulting has launched a subsidiary called Navigant Capital Markets Advisers, which aims to provide strategic wholesale solutions on acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures
Arvind Chari, Investment Adviser, at ACPI Investment Managers comments on the recent Indian CPI figures… The Indian CPI for October settled at 5.5%, below what many were anticipating. Following the trend in CPI over the summer, which fell 1% a month since July,
Direct lending funds have continued to gain traction in the private debt marketplace, and are the prevailing strategy for private debt fund managers established since 2008, according to Preqin. Almost three-quarters of institutional investors active in the private debt space
Although there are signs of global recovery in sight in the US, UK and the Eurozone, the South African economy has for the most part of the second quarter shown disappointing figures in
Context Asset Management has launched the Context Alternative Strategies Fund (CALTX), a multi-manager, multi-strategy fund that seeks to deliver capital appreciation by emphasising absolute returns and low correlation to the broader US equity and bond markets. The Context Alternative Strategies
Alternative Asset Managers continue to operate with elevated levels of uncalled investment capital, or dry powder, at a time when credit markets are frothy and valuations are high, according to Fitch Ratings. With more capital chasing fewer deals, significant fund
Total assets of the world’s largest 300 pension funds fell by 13 per cent in 2008 to USD10.4trn, down by around USD1.5trn from last year’s figure, according to Pensions & Investment
