The Financial Reporting Council (the FRC) published the first UK Stewardship Code (the Code) for institutional investors on 2 July 2010. Sean Geraghty, Partner with Dechert LLP’s Corporate and Securities Group, outlines the purpose and implications of the Code. In 2009,
Greenwich Associates, the US-based financial consultancy, has released a report highlighting the ne
Tokyo-based Rogers Investment Advisors K.K., has won a USD90 million mandate from a Japanese institutional investor, bringing the firm’s Wolv
An SEI Quick Poll shows a significant increase in the percentage of pension portfolios investing in alternatives when compared to the previous three years of polling. This year, nearly eight out of ten (78 per cent) pension executives surveyed in
Building on decent absolute performance in the second half of 2009, funds of hedge funds managers have continued to improve liquidity in portfolios, maintaining significant allocations to long/short equity hedge and global macro, according to the latest review published by
Jersey Finance chief executive Geoff Cook on the latest developments in the island’s fund industry post AIFMD… When I last wrote about the Jersey Funds sector in April of this year, issues and concerns surrounding the Alternative Investment Fund Managers
Woodsford Capital Management, a Singapore-based investment manager, has selected LaCrosse Global Fund Services as its full-service administrator. Founded in Singapore in 2010, Woodsford manages the assets of the Woodsford Relative Macro Fund, which invests in equity, fixed income, currency and
International Assets Holding has acquired the Chicago-based Hanley Group of companies, a trading firm and market maker of exchange-traded agricultural options. As a result of the all-cash transaction which is expected to close on 7 July, the companies of Hanley
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has welcomed new tax information exchange agreements signed recently by the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
Incapital, a securities and investment banking firm based in the US and UK, has acquired the business of London–based structured investment specialist Blue Sky Asset Management. The trans-Atlantic deal combines two independent providers of structured investments and fixed income securities
