Fortis has decided to promote both its onshore and offshore fund servicing activities under one single brand name Fortis Prime Fund Solutions. The move, designed t
The first quarter of 2018 saw prime brokerage revenues jump 20 per cent to USD4.9 billion for the largest investment banks according to a report from Coalition, which monitors the industry. As the Financial Times wrote on 23 May 2018, this revenue boost was
The art of a good stock picker is identifying companies in obscure parts of the market that have yet to reach their full value potential, or, when it comes to shorting, have artificially high valuations. But aside from this, another
A record number of new hedge funds were created in the Cayman Islands during the first six months of the year according to offshore law firm Walkers.
Virginia Reynolds Parker examines the management of risk in FoHFs and outlines a range of issues central to the concerns of managers and investors. Together with ma
With the rise of social media platforms over the last decade, led by Facebook, the way we think about connecting and interacting with people has drastically changed. LinkedIn provides a similar experience for our professional lives, while Amazon and Netflix
Regulation continues to bite and influence the way investment banks structure their business activities. Most notably for the hedge fund industry, the banks are being forced to reassess their activities pertaining to prime brokerage. Five years ago, banks remained in
Alan Brint, Head of Relationship Management, Corporate and Institutional, Royal Bank of Canada (Channels Islands), outlines changes in the custody business. The glo
EFAMA released its latest research report this week, in which it finds that long-term UCITS favoured much stronger than shorter-term money market funds for June.
Hedge funds running less than USD100million in Asia are turning to family offices and HNW investors reported Bloomberg this week.
