Headstart Advisers is looking to build on the success of its Limestone Wider Russia Fund with the launch of the new Limestone Global Emerging Markets Fund. Headstart says the fund will look to exploit the inherent value and growth in
Law firm Maples and Calder says it has increased its market share in the investment funds arena in Ireland over the past two years. Maples is now ranked second among all Irish legal advisers, progressing from a previous ranking of
Hedge funds posted strong gains in January as the resolution of the US fiscal cliff and investor optimism regarding the European banking and sovereign debt crisis drove gains across all hedge fund strategies to begin 2013, according to data released
BNY Mellon, a provider of asset management and securities servicing, has maintained its position as the number one fund administrator in Ireland with assets under administration totalling USD270.4bn across 498 funds, according to Lipper’s 2010 Ireland Fund Encyclopaedia. The annual
Insch Capital Management has opened new offices and relocated the domicile of the firm to the Swiss canton of Zug. Over the last several years, Insch has experienced substantial growth in its primary business of currency investment management and has
Wells Fargo Bank has launched a fund services product line within its corporate trust services business to address customers’ fund administration needs. Wells Fargo Fund Services provides fund administration services including a full suite of back, middle and front-office products
Agecroft Partners predicts 2011 will be a very good year for flows into the hedge fund industry, despite the recent negative publicity generated from the insider trading scandal. This conclusion is based on several dominant and emerging trends identified through
Hedge funds have started 2013 on a high note, with the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 1.6 per cent in January thanks to positive returns from 12 of the 14 Lyxor Strategy Indices. Most of the best January performers of
The use of these enhanced parameter estimates generates a significant improvement for investors in hedge funds, according to a study by Lionel Martellini, scientific director of Edhec-Risk Institute, with Giovanni Zambruno and Asmerilda Hitaj of the University of Milano –
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2012 measured 6.19 per cent, up from 5.19 per cent in November. "Expected year-end month-on-month redemptions are higher in December," says Bill Stone, chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies. “A majority
