Interview with Kevin LoPrimo – “We provide an institutional service to a market segment that doesn’t typically receive such a service from the bigger, top tier prime brokers,” states Kevin LoPrimo (pictured), head of hedge fund services at London-based Global
Interview with Jack Seibald (pictured), Concept Capital – Last year, the majority of the USD70billion in net new inflows went to the biggest well-established managers. And despite industry assets this year climbing USD183billion to USD2.19trillion, through Q3 only USD31billion represent
By James Williams – Prime brokers are bracing themselves for a swathe of new regulations that will place them under fresh operational and cost pressure. “The operational expense and sheer implementation cost under all this new regulation is not something
Institutional investors are reasonably comfortable with leveraged investing today, though investor opinion about hedge funds and leveraged investing remains mixed, according to a study by Pershing, a BNY Mellon company. The study, Lending and Leverage: The New Securities Finance Model
By EJ Liotta – The past several years have brought about rapid changes to the global banking industry. The post-credit crisis world has been defined by uncertainty and put pressure on revenues and operating margins. Combined with acute regulatory demands,
Hedge fund manager, Chris Rigg, manager of the Audley Japan Opportunities Fund and a 30 year veteran of the Japanese markets, has issued a stark message about investment in Japanese bonds… The level of debt Japan is running, which by
Investor demands for more clearly-defined, transparent and lower-risk products combined with regulators’ desire to exercise more control over the industry may result in the unwanted consequences of lower returns and constraint on innovation. This is according to KPMG’s recent survey,
Polar Capital’s assets under management rose by 71 per cent during the 12 months ended 31 March 2010, totalling USD2.5bn. The recovery in AUM levels occurred during the second half of the financial year. Polar’s core operating profit, excluding performance
The world’s population of high net worth individuals is growing at 17.1 per cent, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management’s 14th annual World Wealth Report. The report indicates that emerging wealth recovery has nearly recouped 2008 losses,
By James Williams – With risk/on, risk/off sentiment having dominated the markets for the last 18 months, trade volumes among hedge funds – which prime brokers rely on – have dropped away. This has impacted on another key revenue driver
