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With regulated real estate entities accounting for more than GBP30bn of its GBP246bn fund industry at the end of last year, Jersey is unquestionably a leading jurisdiction for the domicile and serv
With its biggest market, the UK commercial property sector, in the doldrums for more than a year and the credit crunch casting a baleful shadow over large swathes of the global investment industry,
Jersey’s dominant role in the structuring of property funds for UK promoters is widely associated with the tax advantages it offered at one time, but in fact the island’s expertise in the sector wa
Fund of hedge funds provider Nedgroup Investments has appointed Fortis Prime Fund Solutions’ Isle of Man office as the administrator for all of its funds, including the Nedgroup Investment
Client expectations of their wealth managers have changed significantly over the past decade, with the industry adapting product and service suites for a new generation of wealth creators.
The effects of the credit crunch and a generally harsher economic climate are driving various trends in the alternative investment industry. Hedge funds are become more activist investors, bold enough even to take on the UK government for its nationalisation of mortgage bank Northern Rock; troubled funds and managers are seeking to restructure for long-term survival, like Citi’s review of the future of Old Lane and the planned divorce between Absolute Capital and Argo; and alternative managers are themselves increasingly a target for third-party investment and acquisitions.
Restructuring the order of the day?
London-listed hedge fund manager Absolute Capital Management
Do Greater China and other Asia-focused hedge funds offer little more than beta exposure with negligible contribution to portfolio diversification?
Fund-of-funds manager Martello Investment Management of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is liquidating.
New York-based SkyBridge Capital, which provides strategic capital to new and early-stage hedge funds, and Australia’s Challenger Financial Services Group have announced a long-term strate
Optimal Investment Services, a Geneva-based fund of hedge funds manager belonging to the Santander group, has announced the strengthening of its risk team with hires in the UK and Switzerl
