Hedge funds gained 0.45 per cent in June, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has launched new Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Indices designed to track the performance of emerging markets corporate and quasi-government debt denominated in US dollar and euro. The series includes two flagship indices. The BofA
GlobalBridge, a Minneapolis-based provider of separately managed accounts for trust banks and wealth advisers, has selected Pelorus Advisors as its exclusive provider of hedge fund oper
Insparo Asset Management has launched a new fund that will capitalise on the huge growth potential of African businesses and the rise of the continent’s consumer culture. The fund becomes Insparo’s second offering, following the success of the its Africa
Euronext has welcomed the introduction of PEA PME savings accounts in France and has launched its new CAC PME index. The index is the first in Euronext’s new PEA PME index family, based on the French government’s initiative aimed at encouraging
Clearly, there’s nothing like the publication of a blacklist – or grey list – to get people’s attention. After the best part of a decade, the efforts of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to push offshore centres and
Channel Islands-based law firm Bedell Cristin is hoping the opening of a new office in Mauritius will open doors to emerging markets in Asia and Africa, following changes in the law of the Indian Ocean island nation that have allowed
Alpha Strategic, an Aim-listed hedge fund investment group, has acquired Acme Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary in the Ikos advisory group. Acme has been incorporated to provide sales and distribution advisory services to Ikos in respect of the Ikos G10
NYSE Euronext (NYX) has reported net income of USD110 million, or USD0.43 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to net income of USD135 million, or USD0.51 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2010. Results
The quality of hedge fund managers seeking seeding capital will continue to improve in 2011, which in turn, will improve investors’ potential returns, according to Patric de Gentile-Williams, COO, FRM Capital Advisors (FCA). Gentile-Williams believes that the higher cost of
