CMA, the credit information specialist, has been appointed by Prytania Investment Advisors, a London-based asset manager and risk advisory firm, to provide independent pricing, risk met
Managed futures continued their choppy performance in 2009, losing 0.87 per cent in June, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
With year over year growth in excess of 15% in 2011, ConvergEx Prime Services – formerly known as NorthPoint Trading Partners – is well poised to continue to expand throughout 2012 and has increased its staffing by approximately 15% to
Schooner Investment Group has launched its second mutual fund, The Schooner Global Absolute Return Fund (ticker:SARIX), a multi-asset class fund providing both long and short exposure to domestic and international equities, fixed income, currencies and volatility. Schooner continues to build
Absolute return fund managers have had a difficult 12 months, with very few hitting their performance targets over Libor, according to Standard & Poor’s Fund Services’ annual review
The luxury goods industry is growing, and continues to be profitable, says Scilla Huang Sun (pictured), fund manager, JB Luxury Brands Fund, Swiss & Global Asset Management… "Asian consumers, in particular the Chinese, provide strong demand for Western luxury brands
Managed futures started the year with a 0.41% loss in January according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “The chief drivers of CTA performance in January were an improving economic outlook and geo-political uncertainty in the Middle East,”
Adam Hewitson, legal counsel to outsourcing provider Throgmorton, argues that although hedge fund managers benefit from the principle of proportionality under the UK’s newly-revised Remuneration Code for the financial industry, they will still face pressure on management time and resources
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange has introduced new equity options on 17 shares, with 14 of the new options based on shares which belong to the German mid-cap index MDAX. This latest offering completes Eurex’s lineup of equity options
Guernsey’s financial services regulator approved 30 new investment funds during the fourth quarter of last year, which means that there were a total of 103 additions during 2013. Figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that 16 new
