Asset class performance has been very mixed so far this year with currency volatility re-awakened and softening global economic data suggesting more difficult times ahead. Stephen Cohen (pictured), head of iShares EMEA investment strategy & insight, gives four investment
CMA Covered Bond Investor Council (CBIC), an industry body representing a diverse range of investors in the European covered bond market, and operating under the auspices of the International Capital Market Association, has launched an initiative aimed at setting transparency
After flying high in July as global markets traded in a consolidation mode, the Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Hedge Fund Index eased in August—returning a positive 1.53 per cent—for a sixth consecutive month of positive returns, according to Lipper Tass. Over
Nasdaq OMX Nordic and European Multilateral Clearing Facility have launched a full central counterparty clearing service on the Nasdaq OMX exchanges in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm. Beginning today, Nasdaq OMX has introduced mandatory CCP on nine Nordic securities: three Finnish,
UBS has expanded its existing structured products capabilities by acquiring Luxembourg Financial Group (LFG), a structured products boutique and specialist asset manager, for a total consideration of EUR25 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of
San Francisco-based fund administrator Conifer Fund Services is to open a fund administration office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of its strategy to grow in North America. Halifax was selected over competing locations based on Nova Scotia’s nearshore
Effective 12 April 2013, T2 Advisers (T2A) ceased serving as the investment adviser to GLI Finance Limited (formerly called Greenwich Loan Income Fund Limited) as a result of GLIF’s internalization of its management and a mutual agreement to terminate its
By Philip Graham, Harneys – As a new ‘regulation-light’ fund manager regime is launched in the British Virgin Islands, eligible fund managers can now count on a simpler application process. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has introduced a new fund
All but one of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge family of benchmark hedge fund replication indexes saw negative performance for the month ended 31 December 2011, according to figures released by the company. The IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index finished
Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up 2.67 per cent in September, driven by a boost in market sentiment. Long/short equity (+3.35 per cent) and emerging markets (+4.48 per cent) managers experienced another positive month
