By James Williams – It seems apt that as this report assesses how the BVI has evolved as a jurisdiction over the last 10 years as the islands’ financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Since
Deutsche Schiffsbank, which specialises in long-term ship mortgages, is deploying SuperDerivatives’ interest rate and foreign currency derivatives to help shipping customers manage risk an
Managers with illiquid or hard-to-value fixed income securities in their portfolios can now use independent evaluations from Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations (SPSE), a wholly o
By Mara Spencer (pictured) – The hedge fund industry is getting more bifurcated: whilst it’s true that the majority of investor capital is flowing into billion dollar hedge funds, who in turn are being administered by the big players –
Sophie Chardon, head of quantitative and cross asset analysis at Natixis, looks at the key themes that dominated hedge fund directions in Q3 – and considers the impact on strategy. There were three themes for hedge funds to consider in
With interest rates persisting at their lowest levels in 30 years, the 14% increase in corporate deposits in South Africa over the last year, is adding significant pressure to returns on equity for many local companies already sitting on huge
HSBC Private Bank has appointed Patrick Tuohy as global head of sales and marketing for the alternative investment group, with collective responsibilities for the sales efforts of both the
Managed futures gained 3.76 per cent in September after losing 1.63 per cent in August, according to flash estimates from the Barclay CTA Index.
A consortium of leading global banks has agreed in principle to create and provide liquidity support to a master conduit to enhance liquidity in the market for asset-backed commercial pape
As 2011 draws to an end, it is interesting to note that eight of the Top 10 performers on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (Lyxor MAP) belong to the systematic and model-based kind of managers. Machine 8 – Men 2,
