Scope Analysis, a specialist in the analysis and rating of asset management companies and certificate issuers, as well as mutual funds and alternative investment funds, has published an updated Asset Management Rating Methodology for Alternative Investments. Asset managers and investors
Early estimates indicate that the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average, an equal weighted benchmark of all single manager hedge funds and CTA/managed futures products in the HedgeFund.net data
Alternative Investment Partners, AIP-Kingsmont Fund I and Kingsmont Investment Management, have been awarded a new mandate and have become the new general partner and portfolio manager for a hedge fund. The fund was previously managed by Pearl and McKinney and
Fund Managers, Investment Managers and Law Firms planning to invest in India or already investing on Indian Stock Markets, can route such investment through Mauritius to benefit from the t
By Stuart Mauger – The past five years have certainly been eventful for custodians, as they and the financial centres in which they are based have needed to evolve constantly or risk being left behind. Regulatory developments such as the
By Simon Gray – After a blip at the end of 2011, Guernsey’s fund industry started the new year vigorously with growth in the total net asset value of funds under management and administration in the island of GDP8.7bn in
Chelsea Technologies has seen a recent increase in hedge fund managers commissioning third-party due diligence audits ahead of the 30 March hedge fund registration deadline with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange is expanding its offering to include futures and options on the Euro Stoxx 50 ex Financials Index. This index has been calculated since October 2011 by the index provider Stoxx. The new contracts will
Rotella Capital Management and Molinero Capital Management have formed a joint venture, Rotella Molinero, based on the long standing relationship between the firm’s respective founders, Robert Rotella and Rafael Molinero, and their respective teams. Rotella and Molinero have formed a
EFAMA has commented on the the US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service’s long-awaited proposed regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which were released on 8 February, 2012 FATCA is a sweeping law that requires non-US
