October got off to a tentative start with investors focused on the US debt ceiling impasse, according to Anthony Lawler, portfolio manager at GAM. This issue was temporarily resolved by mid-month and markets broadly rallied from there, with equities, credit
Manager skill continues to take centre stage in these volatile times according to GAIM conference director Victoria Chatterton (pictured). With that in mind, this year’s event focuses on four big picture themes: Evolving investor opinions on manager selection and asset
By Chris DeNigris – The Cayman Islands are the second largest market globally in terms of client assets under administration or management for Koger, as a provider of fund administration and transfer agency software to many of the world’s
By Simon Gray – Corporate governance has been at the centre of discussions worldwide about the future of alternative fund management and regulation, and nowhere more than in the Cayman Islands. Over the past few months the jurisdiction has attracted
ConvergEx Group has changed the name of NorthPoint Trading Partners to ConvergEx Prime Services, effective 30 November. “Since joining ConvergEx in 2009, our organisation has expanded and changed in tremendous ways. The synergies that have been created have made us
Topturn Capital, a boutique investment management firm, is teaming up with professional surfer Joe Curren in a bid to take advantage of the SEC's ratification of the JOBS Act and new marketing opportunities it presents. "The SECs recent ratification of the Jobs
By Rohan Small – Recent developments are likely to be seen in retrospect as a turning point for fund governance in the Cayman Islands, because they dramatically demonstrate the risks involved where directors fail to carry out their duties properly
For the year up to 31/10/2011, all Salus Alpha Funds clearly outperformed global equity markets in a difficult environment. The Salus Alpha Commodity Arbitrage had a performance of +4.84% for the year to date until , while the US S&P
October trading volume in VIX futures totalled 4.19 million contracts, a 72 per cent increase from October 2012 and a 42 per cent increase from the previous month, according to figures released by the CBOE Futures Exchange. October was the
In a guest speech prior to introducing a series of panel discussions in the morning session of day 2 at Gaim International, Robert Jenkins (pictured), external member of the financial policy committee, Bank of England, offered three personal observations from
