Seventy-eight per cent of all retail advisors are presently using alternative investments within client portfolios. According to a new report released this week by Cogent Research, the primary reasons that advisors are using alternatives are to further diversify portfolios (83%),
It is very hard to know where to start. The last month has been a chaotic mix of extreme market volatility, contradictory but generally poor economic data, baffling politics and bizarre actions from governments around the world, says Thomas Becket,
By George Gregory – Malta’s appeal as a European financial services jurisdiction has been demonstrated over the past few years not only by choice of the island as a fund domicile but also by the number of fund management companies
Blue Sky Funds Management has appointed Jane Prior, former international Nabarro associate, as its commercial manager – a newly created role, which will further reinforce the firm’s stringent corporate governance approach. Prior will provide in-house counsel for the development of
The political upheavals in North Africa in the first half of 2011, including the destructive civil war in Libya, have disrupted efforts to develop fund investment in the region, but over the long term industry members believe that Malta’s longstanding
The recent high levels of volatility experienced by local and global stock markets has once again highlighted the need for investors to effectively diversify their retirement portfolios. According to Thomas Schlebusch, CEO of Blue Ink Investments, investors who wish to
Oil companies are currently undervalued but the situation cannot continue for long, says Angelos Damaskos (pictured), CEO, Sector Investment Managers and Fund Advisor, Junior Oils Trust… The Junior Oils Trust has been conservatively positioned since the beginning of the year
China’s economic rebalancing will stimulate higher-quality growth while creating new investment opportunities in consumption- and infrastructure-related areas, according to Mike Shiao (pictured), investment director at Invesco Hong Kong… Demographic developments in the China are adding impetus to the government’s efforts
Another draconian measure is set to grace the industry – FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act), says Dermot Butler (pictured) chairman of Custom House Global Fund Services Ltd and Custom House Group. I have to say, as far as regulation
Lyxor Asset Management’s latest Research White Paper analyses the risk/return profile of dynamic investment strategies, specifically those implemented by hedge funds. The paper seeks to answer the questions: how is it possible for funds that have performed consistently to tumble
