A new income producing asset class based on securitising loans underpinned by US life insurance policies presents investors with considerably reduced risk when compared to securitised life settlement funds, says Andrew Walters, finance director for the Secured Life Fund. His
Odeon Capital Group is expanding into the international broker-dealer marketplace by partnering with Hobart Capital Markets to form a new joint venture division in London, Odeon Hobart Partners. The partnership establishes Odeon’s footprint in the UK allowing the company to
Twenty nine per cent of investors plan to allocate more capital to hedge funds over the next 12 months, according to a survey of 50 hedge fund investors by Preqin. Fifty six per cent plan to invest the same amount
Last month Francisco Arcilla (pictured) joined AXA Investment Managers as their new Global Head of AXA Funds of Hedge Funds, an exciting role that will see him drive forward AXA IM’s tailored solution-based approach to meeting clients’ investment needs. Arcilla
The hedge fund industry posted an estimated outflow of USD3.7bn, or 0.2 per cent of assets, in June 2010, following an inflow of USD4.9bn in May and an outflow of USD2.5bn in April, according to TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge.
At the end of November the Cayman Islands’ hedge fund industry passed a milestone with the registration of the 10,000th fund to be authorised by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority since the passage
The Arch Africa Private Markets Focus IC fund, established by Arch Financial Products to capitalise on the increasing strength of the sub-Saharan Africa market has returned 2.75 since its
GLG Partners has reported a GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders for the quarter ended 30 June 2010 of USD74.6m, or USD0.32 per fully diluted share. Non-GAAP adjusted net loss was USD3.0m, or USD0.01 per non-GAAP weighted average fully
Alps Fund Services, a provider of asset servicing to the investment management industry, added five new mutual fund clients in the second quarter of 2010. These were BBH Funds, Oak Associates Funds, Vulcan Value Partners, Transparent Value Advisors and Accessor
