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
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
