SL Investment Management, one of the largest life settlement product providers outside the US, is urging potential investors in life settlement funds to ask ten questions during their diligence processes to ensure a sound choice of investment manager. The FSA’s
JP Morgan’s global custody business, which operates in more than 100 markets, has improved over 2,100 traduce instruction deadlines for global custody clients in more than 80 markets, providing market-leading cut-off times in the majority of those markets. As a
Expansion and later-stage venture capital companies present unique valuation challenges for investors. Mark McMahon, a Director in the Portfolio Valuation group at international financial advisory investment banking firm Duff & Phelps, discusses what a robust Fair Value analysis should consider.
Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 0.68 per cent in February with seven out of ten sectors posting positive performance for the month. The top performing sectors included managed futures (+1.81 per cent),
Nordic investors’ allocations to hedge funds are expected to grow further during 2011, according to SEB’s Nordic Hedge Fund Investor Survey 2011. Some 32 % of the investors are expecting to increase their allocations to hedge funds, while most investors
The Bahamas has signed its 11th tax information exchange agreement and has initialled nine additional agreements in advance of the G20 31 March deadline to meet the internationally agreed tax standard. TIEA negotiations between The Bahamas and Mexico were concluded
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2014 measured 1.04 per cent. Hedge fund flows, meanwhile, as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, advanced 1.01 per cent in June. “Net flows
The Newedge Volatility Trading Index fell by an estimated 2.01 per cent in February 2010. This follows an estimated fall of 1.18 per cent the previous month. From 1 February 2010, the Cassiopeia Fund has been included in the Newedge
Resolute Asset Management has launched to offer clients asset management and consultancy services focussed on distressed debt and equity positions underpinned by real estate portfolios in European and former CIS countries. Resolute will work with lenders, investors and institutions who
Ucits III is attracting growing numbers of hedge fund managers and investors, according to a survey by Preqin. In February 2010 Preqin carried out a survey of 50 institutional investors to determine the current demand for Ucits-compliant hedge funds. Preqin
