Equity markets extended declines in July as investors exhibited concern with regard to both the extension of the US debt limit and continuing concerns about European sovereign debt risk. US fixed income yields fell and gold posted record gains, while
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index saw less than half of the declines seen in broad equity indexes in September. Nevertheless, uncertain market conditions negatively affected all strategies. Oliver Schupp (pictured), President of Credit Suisse Index Co,
As South Africa’s young but fast-growing hedge fund industry seeks changes in the country’s regulatory environment to help it broaden its investor base among institutions at home, a crucial task is
This year Hedgemedia produced 27 special reports, and launched a new and popular series of Guides. Our Special Reports are widely seen as an authoritative way of reaching the institutio
ACOLIN has teamed up with Renovaré Global, an independent consultancy, specialising in risk and operational due Diligence for off-shore funds, to provide representation for EU-AIFs and non-EU AIFs for distribution to qualified investors. The revised Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA),
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has closed a USD415m collateralised loan obligation (CLO) fund, the firm's sixth new-issue CLO this year with four in the US and two in Europe. Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2013-4 will invest in
Mark Spinner, corporate partner and Head of Private Equity at Eversheds, the mid market PE specialist law firm, comments on the latest proposals for a code of conduct covering UK PE firms
Affiliated Managers Group, a diversified asset management group that invests in both traditional and alternative managers and had USD283bn in assets at the end of last year, is opening an
The directors of Castle Alternative Invest, a closed-ended investment company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, have published a prospectus in connection with its dual listing on the Lo
