An overwhelming majority (83%) of senior executives representing UK corporates do not believe that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) will be sufficient in securing confidence in Eurozone sovereign debt markets, according to a survey of senior executives at a
Hedge funds gained 3.08 per cent in March, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “Global stock indices reached new highs for the year as economic data continued to suggest that a recovery is underway,” says Sol
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP Paribas) has unveiled an expanded range of market and financing services to support the increasingly sophisticated requirements of institutional investors and financial intermediaries. 

 Alongside custody, clearing and fund administration, the custodian bank’s Market and
Australian hedge funds rose by an estimated 3.03 per cent in March, taking the year-to-date performance to 1.72 per cent, according to Australian Fund Monitors. Equity based funds rose 4.03 per cent in March and 2.24 per cent YTD. Non
Due diligence specialist Castle Hall, has launched DiligenceExpress, a completely free of charge service enabling investors, asset managers and industry service providers to review and monitor diligence information on more than 19,000 registered investment advisors and 62,000 private funds. Part
A number of policy-makers have blamed the decade-long rise in commodity prices and recent market volatility on the growing influence of financial investors and called for new regulation restricting their participation in commodity markets. Market financialisation has also led investors
SkyBridge Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the fund of hedge funds, hedge fund seeding and hedge fund advisory businesses from Citi Alternative Investments, with total investments under management and advisory of USD4.2bn. SkyBridge says the transaction
“Real asset” and commodity equities have significantly outperformed core equities and commodity futures respectively, with comparable volatility, and have beaten inflation more frequently than core equities and commodities over a rolling five-year investment horizon. Accessing real assets through equities, S&P
NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, is launching malting barley futures and options on 10 May 2010. The NYSE Liffe Malting Barley Contract, which will encompass malting barley from any European origin in a 50-tonne lot size,
The hedge fund industry posted an estimated inflow of USD16.6bn, or 1.1 per cent of assets, in February 2010, according to TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge. Hedge funds showed a positive return in each of the past 12 months, and
