Nearly a third (31 per cent) of financial services industry chief executives believe that senior management should be spending more time on risk and compliance, according to a study by Kinetic Partners. Nearly half of financial services CEOs (48 per
Wall street sold off to finish down just over 2 points on the session at 11100.43 having traded as high as 11245. The NASDAQ composite finished lower by some 15 points with the S&P off 5.
Jersey is responsible for inward investment of almost GBP500bn into the UK and supports around 180,000 jobs, according to a report published by independent firm Capital Economics. The new work comes at a time of increasing focus on the
The alternative investment fund services industry in the Isle of Man may not yet be on the same scale as the sector in Dublin, Europe’s largest centre for hedge fund services, but new business is f
Hong Kong based asset manager The Pacific Group is to convert up to a third of its hedge fund assets into physical gold, in a bet that bullion prices will increase as investors ditch currencies in favour of precious metals.
“Our philosophy is to try and assist our clients to meet the requirements of the Directive with minimum cost and minimum disruption,” states Des Pierce (pictured), Director of Strategic Markets at SS&C GlobeOp, in reference to the upcoming AIFM Directive,
Once upon a time, when hedge funds were all either global macro or long/short equity, their administration was relatively straightforward, and gearing up for growth in business simply meant hiring
AIMA Canada, the Canadian national group of the global Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has established two new regional committees in Alberta and British Columbia. This move follows the 2010 creation of a regional committee in Québec and reflects the
The Scotia Capital Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index was down in June for a second consecutive month. Asset-weighted and equal-weighted values down were down -1.63% and -1.32%, respectively, due in large part to continued market choppiness in the first two
Many of you who prefer owning physical assets are already heavily invested in gold and silver. You are looking for diversification but would like to stay in hard assets and even more specifically, metals. Fortunately, there is a new, valuable
