Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, looks at what Guernsey offers as a domicile for property funds in a post-crisis world. It is no great secret that the
Alternative investments provider Altegris has made a number of additions to its sales and legal teams to support its expansion. Since Altegris launched one of the first actively managed, managed futures mutual funds in 2010, the firm has experienced
London-listed fund of hedge funds Tapestry Investment has successfully placed shares raising GBP52.1m from a range of existing and new investors.
Pension fund alternative assets allocations now account for nearly 20 per cent of all pension fund assets across the globe, according to a study by Towers Watson. The 2012 Global Alternative Survey notes the number as a five per
Money market fund (MMF) regulation proposed by the European Commission on 4 September, if adopted, would have far-reaching implications for the EUR1trn MMF industry and cash investors, according to Fitch Ratings… Certain aspects of the regulation should make MMFs less
Horizon Cash Management is surveying commodity trading advisers (CTAs) and commodity pool operators (CPOs) to document the impact of the MF Global and Peregrine Financial Group (PFG) liquidations on the managed futures industry and its investors. The survey went out
The US Futures Exchange will exclusively license the Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark Sensex index for dollar-denominated futures trading beginning on February 22 next year.
The Alternative Investment Management Association has announced the appointment of Thomas Bullman, previously with the Société Générale group, as an assistant t
Merlin Securities, a broker-dealer specialising in technology-driven prime brokerage services, has announced the appointment of Ron Suber as a senior partner, head of global sales and mark
Evanston Capital Management, an institutional hedge fund of funds manager, has appointed Peter Hecht as vice president, senior investment strategist, effective 3 September 2013. In this newly created role, Hecht will lead ECM’s efforts to produce topical investment research
