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The administration of traditional long-only funds has been transformed over the past decade by the use of comprehensive IT systems.
At the time of publication the Index was trading lower at one point versus the opening call of up 15 We have made up some ground however and as we write this report we are u
The Isle of Man’s experience in servicing what are today known as alternative funds goes back at least two decades, to the late 1980s, when the island was already carving out a niche including hedg
The financial environment continues to change rapidly as asset managers and investment banks devise new products and techniques to meet the evolving market demand.
Like a number of other centres for hedge fund administration, including Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg, Dublin has aspirations to move beyond the servicing of funds and become known as a focal poi
Steven Solmonson explains how Park Place delivers through its strategy of remaining long-biased, moderating exposures and ongoing diversification.
Steven Solmonson served as a non-executive advisory director of Park Place from 1994 to 1999. In January 2000, he joined the firm and is responsible the firm’s business operations, including risk management and portfolio reporting, client services, business development and operations. Previously, Steven was the President of Value Investing Partners Inc. (1995-1999) and earlier, he was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, Smith Barney and Drexel Burnham Lambert. As co-director of the futures and derivatives division at Drexel, Steven was responsible for
The NASDAQ was also able to rally with the broader composite index up over 2%. The buoyant mood carried over into Asia where the Nikkei is up 210 points. Aussie markets have finis
Dow Jones Indexes, and AIG Financial Products Corp. have launched three new commodity forwards versions of the Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Index.
"We want to be responsive to commodity index investors’ needs now that commodities have gained acceptance as a mainstream asset class,’ said Michael A. Petronella, President, Dow Jones Indexes/Ventures. ‘As forward commodity futures markets have become more liquid, we feel it is important to develop new indexes for investors seeking to take advantage of the different return characteristics of longer-dated commodity futures."
The new Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Forward Indexes will allow investors to measure exposure
Standard & Poor’s has attributed AA- (long term), stable outlook, and A-1+ (short term) ratings to CACEIS SAS.
Will Flanders at Merrill Lynch examines the implications for investors of the recent presidential election in Mexico and the forthcoming election in Brazil.
