Early estimates indicate the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index will post its best year-to-date performance in September, gaining 3.23 per cent for the month. Nine out of the ten sectors posted positive performance as a result of global market
Jon Terry (pictured), partner in PwC’s reward team, comments on the European Parliament’s suggested amendments to the UCITS V Directive, which, if passed, will have major implications for all European asset management businesses… If passed unchanged, these proposals will leave
Total assets under administration in Ireland have hit an all time high of EUR1.8trn – up from EUR1.2trn at the same period last year and EUR1.4trn at the end of 2009. Recently published figures from the Central Bank reported that
Hermes CEO Saker Nusseibeh looks forward to 2014… Looking forward to 2014, we seem to have two reasonably solid foundations on which to build a forecast for the year. The first is that growth in the Anglo Saxon economies, especially
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 3.50 per cent in September and is now up 4.60 per cent year-to-date. The S&P 500 advanced 8.76 per cent (2.34 per cent YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 7.72 per cent (3.45
Altin has received requests from two minority shareholders to place items on the agenda of the next shareholders meeting. The first minority shareholder, holding ca. 1.5 per cent of Altin’s shares, has requested to place the following items on the
London- and Geneva-based investment management consultancy Laven Partners has questioned the premises of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s speech on Tuesday at the United Nations in which
Leveraged finance borrowers are using favourable funding conditions to refinance their capital structures, extend their debt maturities and reduce their cost of capital, says Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. According to “European Leveraged Issuance Is On The Up, But Recaps
A new analysis by CFA Institute recommends that careful implementation of post-trade transparency requirements beyond equities to the bond markets can benefit investors by improving access to pricing information and increasing competition, without sacrificing liquidity. The study by CFA Institute,
CBOE Holdings’ board of directors has declared a special cash dividend of USD0.50 per share of common stock, which will be paid on 17 January 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business on 3 January. The company’s
