Investor confidence rose fractionally by 0.2 points to 104.5 in January from a revised December level of 104.3, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index. The mood was upbeat in North America, where confidence showed an increase of 4.4
Merchant Capital has launched a Ucits platform that aims to provide hedge fund managers of all sizes with a cost-effective vehicle for running their own Ucits III funds. Merchant is in the process of signing up appropriate distributors in both
Asset Management Finance, an investment firm focused on the global asset and wealth management sectors, completed four new investments in December totalling approximately USD200m in invested capital. These transactions bring AMF’s total capital invested to more than USD500m. “We concluded
Recon Capital has launched a white label ETF Platform enabling asset managers, hedge funds, and registered investment advisers (RIAs) to tap into the USD1.7 trillion exchange-traded fund industry. Recon's ETF Platform helps asset managers bring innovative investment solutions to the
Hugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia believes that Asia will lead global growth in 2010, pulling other emerging markets along with it. Whilst developed countries increasingly suffer the effects of fiscal indebtedness, Asia will continue to decouple
After a positive third quarter managed futures managers erased their previous month’s strong result, ending December in negative territory, according to a report by Lipper Tass. The strategy fell 3.80 per cent in December, almost cancelling out November’s gain, and
The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index gained only 0.1 per cent in December, but ended the year up 19.5 per cent, missing 2003’s 20.3 per cent rise by a small margin. Similarly, the currency-hedged Morningstar MSCI Hedge Fund Index rose
Hype surrounding booming emerging market funds could trip up investors anxious to get a slice of the action from dynamic economies, warns Rob Pemberton (pictured), investment director of HNW wealth manager HFM Columbus. 2009 saw the likes of the
European Fund Administration has signed a partnership agreement with Italy’s Asset Management Services, a company specialised in fund administration services. As part of the agreement, AMS acquires 100 per cent of Servizi, in which EFA previously held a 34 per
President Obama has called for reforms to ensure that no US bank or financial institution that contains a bank will own, invest in or sponsor a hedge fund or a private equity fund, or proprietary trading operations unrelated to serving
