There is no experience as the one gained in the front lines. The fund industry struggles with changing regulation, and those companies whose business model is based on providing reporting services know best that the devil lies in the detail.
“There has been a lot of fund activity in Luxembourg this year focused on private equity and real estate. It’s an area of growing investor demand. They are looking for different options now and ways for investing that go beyond
The administrator’s time has come. Once a relatively obscure part of the asset management industry, administration is now in the front line of services to hedge funds.
Investors are embracing risk again and the hedge fund sector has bounced back to life. But things are not quite the same as they once were, and perhaps never will be.
For the hedge fund industry, the Madoff affair did not so much change the rules of the game, as embed them more rapidly and more deeply.
At the end of last year it was possible to believe that the hedge fund industry might be drastically reduced in size over the next couple of years, and that the Cayman Islands, home to the vast majori
Pfaeffikon-headquartered Etops, an independent operational service provider, has combined forces with Deloitte to bring a unique solution to market entitled Assetbox. With Swiss managers now facing the added stress of regulatory compliance, not to mention ongoing operational demands to satisfy
The last 12 months have seen BNP Paribas Securities Services continue to expand its depositary banking network across Europe. In November 2013 the group acquired the depositary banking business of Commerzbank in Germany and subsequently saw the firm widen its footprint
High price fluctuations with low yields on risk-free investments provide investors with new challenges. Paul Nicholson (pictured), portfolio manager of the Vontobel Fund – Absolute Return Bond, believes his fund has the necessary flexibility to respond to a changing market
Every hedge fund manager thrives on volatility. Over recent times, central bank intervention has suppressed volatility and generally led to cross-asset class correlation; a nightmare for stock pickers. But with the economic environment improving in the US and Europe, and
