Companies are increasingly incorporating corporate event data into their trading strategies in order to mitigate monetary losses and react more quickly to market volatility, according to Wall Street Horizon’s latest Corporate Event Research Survey. The survey, which polled more than
Institutional investors are still looking for a way out of the interest rate trap while seeking to protect their allocation from market fluctuations and are increasingly opting for hedge funds when making investment decisions. According to hedge fund database
Seven out of ten strategies in the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted positive performance in August as managers generally remained cautiously positioned with relatively low portfolio risk levels. The index gained 0.23 per cent in August and
By Vumi Dube and James Kattan (pictured), Directors, DMS Governance – As of 31 March 2018, there were 933 segregated portfolio companies (SPCs) out of 10,500 entities registered as mutual funds with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. While this represents about
Managing Partners, a boutique fund manager specialising in investment in traded life policies, is opening an office in Singapore to exploit the potential it sees in offering its products t
Most global equity markets continued to exhibit strong performance in November led by the US and Europe, as reflected by the Russell Global Indexes. "Global markets continued to climb in November amid generally encouraging signs of economic growth across regions
Stanley Fink, former chief executive of Man Group plc, one of the world’s leading alternative investment groups, has joined International Standard
Mergers and acquisitions involving asset managers rose in the third quarter, with the global credit crunch as the backdrop for a surge in divestitures to almost 40 per cent of total sales,
Eaton Vance Management has launched the Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Fund, a mutual fund managed for total return. Designed to complement traditional asset classes, the fund employs a flexible strategy that provides wide-ranging exposure to global
French defence electronics maker Safran is to acquire L-1 Identity Solutions, a US company that protects personal identities and assets, in a merger transaction providing for stockholders to receive USD12.00 per share in cash, for an aggregate enterprise value of
