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Africa is the new frontier for hedge fund investors. The only developed market is that of South Africa and by international terms it is miniscule.
- 03/10/2010
- 03/10/2010
The growth of the South African hedge fund industry in recent years and the overall development of the country’s institutional investment sector have prompted increased demand for PerTrac Fin
- 03/10/2010
The hedge fund industry in South Africa is at the crossroads.
- 03/10/2010
- 03/10/2010
Africa is enormous, comprising a fifth of the world’s total landmass; it is also enormously diverse.
- 03/10/2010
- 03/10/2010
Northern Trust has expanded its automated solutions for investment operations outsourcing clients to cover processing of syndicated bank loans, which are growing as an alternative asset allocation by specialist investment managers.
The implementation of Markit WSO Services on Northern Trust’s Investment Operations Outsourcing platform offers efficiency in trade capture and position reporting as well as cash management for investment managers that use syndicated bank loans in fixed income and hedging strategies.
Northern Trust Investment Operations Outsourcing provides middle- and back-office services such as trade services, performance measurement, client reporting, fund accounting and custody to investment managers worldwide.
"As clients increase
- 03/10/2010
The Texas Hedge Fund Association has elected a new chairman and three members of its board of directors.
The board unanimously elected Heather E. Gilker of Dallas-based strategic consulting firm GSG Capital Advisors as its chair.
Gilker will serve as chair for an initial two-year term. She replaces Christopher A. Zook, founder of the THFA and its long-serving chair. Zook will remain on the board as a non-voting member.
Newly elected directors serving two-year terms on the THFA board include J. Keith Benedict, chief operating officer, general counsel and a member of the investment committee of A. G. Hill Partners,
- 03/10/2010
Stenham Asset Management’s recent acquisition of Guernsey-based hedge fund managers Montier Partners reflects a wider trend involving the consolidation of niche firms within larger organisations, according to Andrew Boyce, corporate partner at Channel Islands law firm Carey Olsen.
“Although the trend is not limited to Guernsey, it is becoming increasingly important as managers move there and look to expand their offering,” he says. “This is happening where the economic crisis has left smaller companies a target for larger ones seeking to expand in their jurisdiction.”
In recent years Guernsey has seen the arrival of major investment firms including hedge
- 01/10/2010
Citi’s global transaction services business has launched its direct custody and clearing services to clients investing in Bahrain through the Bahrain Stock Exchange.
With the opening of the Bahrain direct custody and clearing branch, Citi’s network will now comprise 58 markets, of which 32 are in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Citi will now service the Bahrain Stock Exchange’s investors by offering custodial services in the market for BSE-listed securities. Services include account management, settlement of securities activity, handling post-trade issues, the collection and payment of dividends and interest, and the processing of corporate action activities in the market.
- 01/10/2010
In the second of two articles, Grant Stein (pictured), global managing partner of international law firm Walkers, argues that the Cayman Islands have a long-standing record of compliance with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s five standards for tax co-operation through laws, procedures, regulatory regimes and bilateral agreements with countries across the globe.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s five standards for tax co-operation have become the international norm for tax co-operation, adopted by the G-20 group of countries in 2004 and by the UN Committee of Experts on International Co-operation in Tax Matters in October 2008.
- 01/10/2010
Let’s face it: Asian hedge funds have been awful this year.
- 30/09/2010
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