US fixed income fund managers continue to see value in the credit markets as a whole, although parts of it are deemed expensive, says S&P Capital IQ’s Fund Research in its latest sector trends paper. “Most of the fund managers
Following the recent turmoil in financial markets, Bernheim Dreyfus, managers of the Diva Synergy Fund, is seeing major opportunities for profit in the mergers and acquisition space. Over the last year, the Diva Synergy Fund has achieved 11 positive months
Citigroup is asking some of its private clients to accept USD250m in compensation for dropping legal claims stemming from steep losses in its troubled Falcon Strategies hedge fund.
Herschel Asset Management’s Absolute Return Fund has returned 17.86 per cent per annum since inception. The fund is an Australian domiciled, long short hedge fund investing in ASX listed securities and derivatives. The fund has a track record of over
The Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre and Morgan Stanley Investment Management have announced the creation of a new research chair entitled Financial Engineering and Global A
Citi has been appointed by William Blair & Company to provide offshore fund administration services for its Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV funds. Citi will provide an integrated range of services including custody, trustee, fund accounting, transfer agency and foreign exchange solutions. William
Bearish sentiment among investors about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings has eased, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for August. The survey shows a net five per cent of respondents predicting that
The volume of trading on the secondary market reached a year to date high in March, according to Hedgebay. The index has shown repeats of last month’s premium trade, the first in nearly two years, confirming investors’ eagerness to seek
Irish law firm Dillon Eustace is relocating the first unit trust investment fund from the Cayman Islands to Ireland. The move, which was completed on behalf of a major international financial institution and its underlying investor, follows the Irish Central
Platinum has emerged as the most popular commodity in 2008, with platinum and palladium exchange-traded commodities approaching the USD1bn mark for investment this year.
