Comment: Avoiding tax on deferred compensation assets
Kenneth Rubinstein, an asset protection attorney with New York law firm Rubinstein & Rubinstein, says that a structure involving a hybrid trust and foreign life insurance can enable
Kenneth Rubinstein, an asset protection attorney with New York law firm Rubinstein & Rubinstein, says that a structure involving a hybrid trust and foreign life insurance can enable
With global stock markets ending the first six months of the year on a shaky footing, the second half of the year poses a number of profitable opportunities for hedge fund managers, according to a report by Lipper. The report
Early estimates indicate the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index will experience negative performance in June, with a 0.88 per cent decrease for the month. This brings year-to-date performance to 0.59 per cent. Global equity markets, as represented by

The US has just begun to “realise the promise of natural gas” and it “should seize the moment to transform the American economy,” according to one of the industry’s leading energy analysts said today at the 10th annual Dow Jones
Collateralized loan obligation (CLO) transactions have been the primary source of new funding for European leveraged loans in recent years. But as many of these loans are set to mature in the near future, a new report by Standard &
Hedge funds concluded the surprisingly volatile first half of 2010 with a decline of 0.81% for the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index, bringing first-half performance to a narrow decline of 0.18%. After a quiet Q1, volatility increased significantly in Q2
Having been hithard following the suspension of Guillaume Rambourg in March, with client redemptions nearing 1 billion pounds, Gartm
Luxembourg-domiciled fund assets fell by nearly 30 per cent to USD2,152.0bn (EUR1,548.1bn) over the year to the end of 2008, down from USD3,024.2bn (EUR2,068.3bn) in 2007, according to
Luxembourg Financial Group has seen five managers join its Luxemb
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 1.35 per cent in June, bringing its year-to-date performance to +0.20 per cent. The S&P 500 decreased 5.39 per cent in June (-7.57 per cent YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 3.58 per