The size of the alternative investment industry will grow by USD2.5 trillion in the next three years, according to new research from international asset manager Fidante Partners. The research is the first study not only to aggregate the diverse asset
European crisis could offer unprecedented opportunities for distressed debt investors, says Galia Velimukhametova (pictured), manager of the GLG European Distressed Fund… Times of economic austerity provide excellent opportunities to invest in distressed assets. Financial asset prices are usually depressed, but
Now that the US House of Representatives has passed, with whatever reservations, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the legislation enacting the USD700bn bailout plan devised by Treasury Secret
Stamford, CT-based Parker Global Strategies LLC (PGS), a specialist fund of hedge funds manager, has launched a sector-focused strategy investing i
As deleveraging ends and banks are finally supporting their economies the foundations are set for a multi-year economic expansion, says S&P Capital IQ Equity Research in its 2014 European Strategy Outlook report. S&P Capital IQ Equity Research expects that a
Ibis Capital, profiled in AlphaQ, a specialist education technology alternative investment manager, is to launch the world’s first education technology special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The new company will be called EdTechX Holdings and will list on Nasdaq, according to
As the hedge fund industry matures most managers are increasingly focused on growth, according to EY's seventh annual survey of the global hedge fund market. However, the survey shows that while managers want to grow through new products and distribution
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it is extending its temporaryprohibition of the short selling of financial stocks until O
The European Commission is prohibiting the planned merger between Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext because, based on its definition of the market for derivatives trading, it considers the merger to be inadmissible under competition law. In a statement released
GLG Partners has written to investors saying that it estimates the combined direct exposure of its funds to Lehman Brothers International (Europe)
