By James Williams – Within the S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Index, industrial metals returned -4.7 per cent through early June 2012.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has called for the establishment of a Ucits depositary “passport” regime in its position paper on the proposal for a Ucits V directive. AIMA says institutions authorised by one
Interview with Christian O’Neill – Having fallen sharply earlier in the year, Brent Crude has staged a recovery in recent weeks, rising from 89.61 on 21 June to 106.8 as of 20 July. In terms of spare capacity, the cushion
Equity brokerage and technology firm Olivetree Financial Group has appointed David Bell as chief executive of its US subsidiary, Olivetree USA. Bell will report into Daryn Kutner, chairman and chief executive of Olivetree Financial Group. Bell will be responsible
SS&C GlobeOp has launched its investor document processing and management solution, e-Investor, for hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds and managed account organisations. In the alternatives industry, managing paper-based investor transaction documents, such as subscriptions and redemptions, is
Canadian investment firm Vertex One Asset Management is the latest client to sign up for Linedata’s newly launched Linedata Global Hedge hosted platform. Linedata’s Canadian client base has grown by 35 per cent since opening its Toronto office in early
The domestic Japanese economy remains sluggish, but with valuations close to an all-time low, stocks look attractive, especially in the event of a weakening of its currency, says Bruno Springael, Senior Investment Manager, Global High Dividend at ING Investment Management…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and settling charges that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a futures commission merchant based in Purchase, New York, violated CFTC regulation 166.3 by failing to diligently supervise its employees’ handling
Behringer Harvard and Prospect Capital Management have launched a joint venture targeting the development, management, and distribution of alternative investment programmes. Addressing the challenges presented by today’s low-yielding fixed income vehicles, the programmes sponsored by Behringer Harvard and Prospect Capital
Commodities have recovered this week along with equities, led by agriculture and energy prices. 2011 will be remembered by the dichotomy between energy and non-energy commodities, says Mike McGlone, Senior Director, Commodity Indexing, S&P Indices… It was a bad year
