The RBC Hedge 250 Index rose by 0.17 per cent in August, bringing its year-to-date return to 0.38 per cent. These returns are estimated and will be finalised by the middle of next month. The return for July 2010 has
The growth of the Cayman Islands as the world’s leading offshore hedge fund jurisdiction owes much to the passage of the Mutual Funds La
Advent Software, Inc, a leading provider of software and services for the investment management industry, and Tamale Software, Inc., a leader in re
By Simon Boor – Throughout the alternative fund industry, and especially in the Cayman Islands as the world’s largest hedge fund domicile, the focus today is more than ever on transparency, which means not just the availability of information but
At the end of November the Cayman Islands’ hedge fund industry passed
The Cayman Islands are still the predominant domicile for hedge funds, according to a survey of European hedge fund managers by Citigroup. There is no widespread move to re-domicile funds onshore ahead of final clarity on the Alternative Investment Fund
By Simon Gray In its report for the IDA last year, Deloitte & Touche suggested that encouraging hedge fund managers to set up shop in Ireland would be a good wa
The Blackstone Group intends to offer senior notes of Blackstone Holdings Finance, its indirect subsidiary, subject to market and other conditions. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Blackstone Group and its indirect subsidiaries, Blackstone Holdings I,
A new focus on Latin American alternative assets among foreign investors starved of substantial returns at home is coinciding with the emergence of a new breed of managers in the region whose skill
Direct Access Partners, an institutional agency-only brokerage firm, is acquiring EFX Prime Services, a division of First New York Securities. The new team complements Direct Access Partners’ capital raising group and provides hedge fund clients with an integrated capital introduction
