The Restricted Securities Trading Network has announced it will create a secondary market that allows hedge funds to buy and sell auction-rate securities.
Private markets are a key part of the global financial investment universe. In terms of the economy as a whole, they are important for ensuring growth, and they offer professional investors a wealth of investment opportunities, according to the Swiss
Standard & Poor’s has announced the launch of two new indices aimed at providing investors with benchmark and investible exposure to the commodities and natural resources sectors.
Some global snapshots from Societe-General Asset Managem, kicking off with concern that bond insurers or monoliners will be the next US trouble spot . . . Monoliners (bond insurers) have taken centre stage with fears running high that another financial
Blue Sky Asset Management, the UK innovative investment boutique, has launched its first growth structured fund, which enables investors to select their own asset allocation.
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission has formally confirmed the appointment of Brodrick Penn as director of investment business as of the beginning of this year.
Ashmore Group’s total total net revenue roes 4 per cent in the six months to 31 December 2011 to GBP181.0 million (H1 2010/11: GBP173.7 million), according to the firm’s unaudited results for the period. Net management fees increased 30% to
A ‘perfect storm’ is about to hit the US equity options market, according to a new study, Equity Options Trading 2008: Rising Out of Obscurity, published by capital markets research and ad
Six of Newedge’s 11 hedge fund indices reflected positive performances during the first half of 2013. The Newedge CTA Index closed the first six months of 2013 up 1.03 per cent, despite a decline of 1.5 per cent in
The losses suffered last summer by some of the big quantitative funds, such as Goldman Sachs’ Global Alpha, illustrate the dangers of funds that outgrow the capacity of their strategy, acc
