Forward Features Calendar

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Dr Oliver Plein, head of product specialists - equities, DWS Investments

Comment: Monetary policy changes key in 2011

Dr Oliver Plein (pictured), Head of Product Specialists – Equities at DWS Investments, takes a look at how today’s environment impacts equities… In 2011 the world economy will likely be driven by the timing and speed of monetary policy changes.

Credit Suisse and Dow Jones join forces on hedge fund indexes

Credit Suisse and Dow Jones Indexes have signed an agreement covering the calculation, licensing, branding and marketing of the hedge fund indexes formerly known as the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Indexes. Under this agreement, the indexes will be branded Dow

William Sels, UK Head of Investment Strategy at HSBC Private Bank

Comment: M&A – a bright spot in the gloom

Equity markets have had a torrid time of late, buffeted by the headwinds of slowing economic growth, and the ongoing worries about the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. However, amongst all the gloom there are still some bright spots, says Willem

Hedge funds record lowest performance since November 2008

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index lost 2.76 per cent in May, its lowest performance since November 2008. Nine out of ten strategies in the index posted negative returns in May as market volatility increased amid continued European sovereign risk

Tradar reports double-digit growth in the US

Tradar, a provider of portfolio management and accounting software to the buy-side globally, has seen a 20 per cent uplift in its US client numbers since the start of 2011. With the investment management community facing a challenging and ever-changing

Dermot Butler, President, Custom House Group

Comment: Whatever happened to cost benefit analysis?

I have previously discussed some of the pitfalls of the Dodd-Frank Act. But aside from this, there have been thousands of words written concerning the excessive cost that will be imposed upon the industry in complying with all of the

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