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The annual survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates that alternative/structured products are among the top areas that wealth managers will look to outsource ov
Steven J. Luttrell, Managing Director, Drake Management LLC, assesses the real impact of the growth in the US mortgage-backed securities market and outlines the implications for fixed income hedge fund managers.
At the start of 2003, Wall Street economists were almost uniform in their forecast: the US 10-year note yield would end the year at 5.0% as the benchmark rate in the benchmark market gradually trended upward on the back of improving economic data.Â
Buoyed by tremendous monetary and fiscal stimulus, a big Republican tax break, and the great mortgage refinancing boom, who would have thought that interest rates would
Standard & Poor’s, the provider of independent investment research, ratings, and indices, took the unprecedented step this week of releasing the following statement on the i
The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has issued its response to the UK Financial Services Authority’s consultation paper on the regulation o
HVB Alternatives has launched a service to help third party hedge fund managers meet the requirements of the new German investment law. Stefan Henrich outlines the legislative changes and the opportunities in the German market for managers.
HW: What are the legislative changes that have driven the launch of the new service from HVB Alternatives?
SH:Â Under the upcoming liberalisation of the German foreign fund regime, the hedge fund industry is moving forward towards the direct marketing of fund of hedge funds products to German institutional as well as private investors.
Even single hedge funds may be offered to German
London-based law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been appointed by Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited (GIB) as the sole UK legal adviser for its investment fund bus
Bank of Bermuda this week announced strong third quarter results driven by the performance of its Global Fund Service business.
HSBC Holdings plc and The Bank of Bermuda Limited have entered into an agreement under which HSBC will acquire Bank of Bermuda in a transaction valued at USD 1.3 billion.
Fabien Pictet & Partners Ltd (FPP), the specialist emerging markets manager, is celebrating its fifth anniversary by targeting new investors in the North American market.
SS&C Technologies, Inc. is to acquire the fund administration business of Amicorp Fund Services N.V. (AFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Amicorp Holding Ltd.
