Earlier this year it was the apparent vulnerability of Chinese stock markets and the yen carry trade that was spooking markets, but now it is the problems of the US sub-prime mortgage mark
Ignis Asset Management and Tyndall Investment Management have formed a strategic alliance in Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Ignis will sub-advise investment strategies exclusively with Tyndall AM into the institutional market in Australia. Tyndall AM, based in
A survey of more than 70 US hedge fund managers and their advisors has found that most have a broadly pessimistic view of the prospects in 2008 for the country’s economy, which 80 per cent
Alternative assets managed on behalf of pension funds by the world’s largest investment managers diminished by around one per cent to USD817bn in 2008, according to research produced by
Producers Capital Syndicate, a fund consolidator and funding placement firm specialising in the entertainment industry with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, has launched a new
Mourant du Feu & Jeune’s Jonathan Rigby and Simon Felton explore the increased demand for structured products in uncertain market conditions.
The Channel Islands’ history as a popular domicile for property funds, especially those investing in UK property, stretches back over three decades.
PCE Investors, an alternative investment manager, has launched the Gyldmark Liquid Macro Fund. Gyldmark will provide investors with exposure to a pure macro strategy by minimizing other risk factors including illiquidity of investments, lack of disclosure and redemption restrictions as
Chris Rexworthy, head of supervision of wholesale investment firms at Financial Services Authority, and three of his colleagues from the UK financial regulator have joined IMS Consulting,
GLG Partners has announced that Fabrice Bay, who has significant experience in managing global long-only and 130/30 portfolios, is to join its London office as a portfolio manager in Augus
