Institutional Investor’s Asia Hedge Fund 25 – a ranking of the largest Asia-based hedge funds – has found that, as of 1st April 2010,
LGT Capital Partners has appointed Jaime Castán, formerly of Man Investments, to the executive team of its hedge fund business. Castán has been appointed co-head of the firm’s hedge fund investment management team, responsible for LGT Capital Partners’ research competence
Roger le Tissier, Partner, Ogier, outlines the benefits of Guernsey’s QIF regime The introduction of a streamlined approval process for open- and closed-ended funds
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles and Clearstream are calling the first European trade repository created by both partners Regis-TR. The system will collect and administer details of all over-the-counter transactions reported by users and give market participants and regulators access to
In 2017, investors allocated almost USD120 billion into private debt funds, on the back of approximately USD100 billion being raised in 2015 and 2016. To better understand the context into which investors are deploying such large amounts of capital, SEI and
A new report from Watson Wyatt asks whether the hedge fund industry can maintain quality while continuing its current pace of rapid growth. The past two years have
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Global Dairy Trade (GDT) have successfully concluded the initial consultation period regarding the establishment of a joint venture to operate a European-based auction mechanism for European dairy products. The initiative between EEX and GDT
Europe’s second-largest insurer Axa and French bank BNP Paribas are launching the first exchange-traded fund to track a commodity index. Axa and BNP started a joint
Lehman Brothers has appointed Jolyne Caruso as managing director of its global absolute return strategies business. Caruso, who will report to Theodore Janulis, gl
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has recorded a year-on-year increase in new re-insurance registrations, from 58 in 2017 to 75 in 2018. The greatest year-on-year growth was experienced by Bermuda’s commercial re-insurance sector, ie Class 3A, 3B, 4 general business
