By Rick Gorter – Earlier this year, a shadow seemed to hang over the fund administration sector in the Cayman Islands, amid reports of staff cuts and movement of operations to lower-cost jurisdictions. While some of this may have taken
By Alan Raftery – There is a new-found hedge fund environment and the message for all involved is clear – be prepared. Today, it is vital for all in the hedge fund industry to have the right tools to survive
London-based currency manager The Cambridge Strategy has opened their Global Emerging Markets Alpha Programme to external investors.
Hedge funds are expected to reach a record breaking USD3trn by year end 2014, up from USD2.6trn as of 2013 year end, according to Deutsche Bank’s 12th annual Alternative Investor Survey. This is based on investors' predictions of USD171bn net
By Rohan Small (pictured) and Jeffrey Short – The Cayman Islands – one of the world’s leading offshore jurisdictions for the establishment of investment funds – has faced many tests to copper-fasten its dominant position. And now, even in the
Hedge funds investing in emerging markets posted strong gains to end the first quarter and have extended those gains into the second quarter, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.
By Simon Gray – Like writer Mark Twain, who famously observed, “The report of my death is an exaggeration,” members of the alternative fund sector in the Cayman Islands have become familiar with reading their own obituary. Since the onset
Nasdaq Anayltics Hub, which provides institutional investors, fund managers and traders with a library of vetted, back-tested and normalised alternative and financial data to help inform investment decisions, has added a raft of new data sets to its offering. The
Hedge fund investors are growing more concerned over slower economic growth in the year ahead, which could be prompting a noted shift toward global macro managed futures strategies, according to the results of a survey published today by BarclayHedge, now
