Within the capital markets, there remain a large number of institutional investors seeking out unique opportunities in alternative investments. One such area is insurance-linked securities (ILS), which have built significant traction since the 2008 financial crash. Estera has been providing corporate,
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.40 per cent in March, and -0.99 per cent for the first quarter in 2018. Both returns underperformed the -0.98
George Ralph, Managing Director of RFA, recently chaired a breakfast briefing on Operational Due Diligence for private equity firms. With a knowledgeable and varied panel he debated the growing importance of being absolutely shipshape and watertight when it comes to
There is a sense of optimism in Bermuda that the success it has enjoyed over the years in respect of the ILS industry can, over the coming years, be replicated in the cryptocurrency and blockchain arena. ILS fund managers like
A Q&A with Brian Desmond, CSO and EVP Head of Fund Services at Horseshoe Group. For readers unfamiliar with ILS Funds, can you give a brief summary of the asset class? Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are financial instruments sold to
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for March 2018 measured -0.09 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, meanwhile, declined 1.40 per cent in April. “SS&C GlobeOps’ Capital Movement Index for April
With some offshore jurisdictions having only moved recently to introduce registers of beneficial ownership, one could argue that having had its own register in place for over 70 years, Bermuda has been ahead of the curve. Now, as global regulatory
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients
Although the Cayman Islands tends to be the default option for most alternative fund managers, there is a good argument for saying that Bermuda is equally, if not more attractive; certainly from a cost perspective and a ‘substance’ perspective, with
Business information provider IHS Markit has added 35 cybersecurity risk factors on more than 3,000 public companies to Research Signals, its quantitative equity research product. The cybersecurity risk factors are based on security ratings from BitSight, a leading provider of
