Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton has formally launched the Irish Debt Securities Association at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin. The IDSA is an industry organisation whose membership includes the corporate administrators, audit firms,
EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes with equity-focused strategies all exhibited robust returns in March, characterised by a wide dispersion in terms of dynamic alphas. The long/short equity strategy (1.57 per cent) performed in line with its modelled dynamic exposure, the equity
Vodafone has reached the milestone of one billion depositary receipts (DRs) outstanding, according to BNY Mellon. Vodafone currently has the largest number of DRs outstanding of any Western European company and of any telecom company in the world.
Managed futures gained 0.57 per cent in March, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 1.07 per cent year to date. “A decoupling of US growth from global markets and aggressive easing
Alan Howard (pictured), who heads Brevan Howard, is Britain’s richest hedge fund manager, with a personal fortune of GBP1.5 billion, according to the 25th annual Sunday Times Rich List to be published on 21 April. Ranked joint 48th overall in the 2013
There is a sustained appetite for alternative investments among institutions and financial advisers in the US, according to a survey by investment research provider Morningstar and Barr
Interview with Nicolas Rousselet – An asset manager’s role has shifted from manager to partner in the last two years. Close collaboration is now the order of the day and Nicolas Rousselet (pictured), Head of Hedge Funds at Unigestion, is
KBC has signed an agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group to sell them the US life settlement portfolio held by KBC Financial Products. The transaction is not material to KBC Group’s results and does not impact
Interview with Gianmarco Mondani – The current market environment makes it difficult for many investors to reach their objectives. Many assets are too volatile, while others do not yield enough. Low growth and interference by politicians and central banks make
Interview with Alexandre Rampa, Syz Asset management SA – February 14th 2013 ushered in the USD23billion purchase of HJ Heinz by Warren Buffett and 3G Capital. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Syz Asset Management has a positive stance on event-driven managers this year
