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For an emerging market, South Africa’s hedge fund industry is already well developed and sophisticated.
European equity index provider Stoxx has launched 22 Dow Jones Stoxx sector indices following its adoption of the revised Industry Classification Benchmark system, and licensed two new rea
The world’s financial institutions will face more securities write-downs combined with rising loan losses in the second half, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings S
One of the few sectors that have not really been hit hard by the credit crunch is the legal profession – at least its litigation specialists.
Managed futures held steady in August, posting a small gain of 0.11 per cent, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based index provider BarclayHedge, and the inde
The Alternative Investment Management Association, the London-based hedge fund industry association, says it fully supports the desire of governments and financial regulators in the US and
Sticks and stones may break their bones but banning will never hurt them.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, acting in concert with the Financial Services Authority in the UK, has taken temporary emergency action to prohibit short selling in financial compa
In the wake of the market meltdown that precipitated the sale of UK mortgage bank HBOS to Lloyds TSB, the Financial Services Authority has introduced new provisions to the Code of Market C
