07/22/2012
The Swiss private bank on Monday confirmed targets including annual net new money growth of up to 6 percent - which it exceeded in the first half of the year - after winning funds from rivals such as Sarasin and Credit Suisse's Clariden Leu, which ar
07/19/2012
New Asian hedge funds collected US$4.43bil in 2011, powered by major launches such as ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc trader Morgan Sze's Azentus and former Asia head of Highbridge Capital Carl Huttenlocher's Myriad.
07/19/2012
The survey results will be highlighted at FA and PW's upcoming 3rd Annual Alternative Strategies Conference July 30-31 in Denver.
07/18/2012
There are four structural reasons why the industry as we know it is dead.
07/17/2012
Mr. Roubini, who is also known as Dr. Doom for his pessimistic perspective, strongly opposes any notion of a new gold-backed currency.
07/16/2012
Founded in 2002, Midas was one of the front-runners in multi-asset fund management: combining a range of different asset classes including government bonds, equities, fixed interest, property and alternative investments, in a single fund.
07/16/2012
In Britain alone, Muslims contribute a staggering £31 billion per annum to the economy and there are now 10,000 British Muslim millionaires, according to the Ethical Media Group.
07/16/2012
Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is calculated monthly. June, May and YTD 2012 performance numbers are listed below and are available at www.hedgeindex.com.
07/16/2012
Demand is going to be subdued, given the state of the economy and the sentiment,” Ajay Mitra, managing director, Middle East and India at the council, said in a phone interview from Mumbai. “People are preferring to stay invested in cash becau
07/12/2012
With 152 companies listed, the Tadawul is one of the biggest exchanges in the Gulf. And in terms of volume, it’s the largest in the region.
07/11/2012
Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr says the fund has been trying to develop these co-investment relationships for some time.
07/11/2012
The US bank said in a filing on Monday that revenues in Europe for the six months to May 31 were $202.8m, down 15% on the $235m it made during the same time last year.
07/10/2012
KPMG International has moved up to the top spot, leading this year's rankings of The World's Best Outsourcing Advisors by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®), a standards-setting and professional advocacy
07/10/2012
The withdrawals compare with net inflows in each of the previous five months and were the highest level of net outflows since October 2009, when clients pulled out 3.76 percent.
07/09/2012
Brompton is offering the IFDS Brompton Global Income fund, as well as the Brompton Global Growth and Brompton Diversified funds. Read more: http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/2190169/guess-whos-duffields-firm-launches-fund-range#ixzz20B
07/09/2012
Knight Frank, the property agent, said sales of prime property to French buyers had risen 40 per cent in the three months to the end of June 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.
07/09/2012
Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management near $5 trillion
07/08/2012
“The survey results indicate a notable improvement in sentiment among global fund managers as concerns over the eurozone’s [possible] collapse subside,” said Steve Chuang, senior vice president of wealth management at HSBC Taiwan.
07/08/2012
Wells Fargo AM rates itself the 11th-largest US mutual fund manager and the 28th-largest internationally, with more than $445bn in global assets under management and more than 35 portfolio management teams worldwide.
07/05/2012
The report, published yesterday, said that the recent wave of consolidation in the European fund of hedge funds industry leaves just a handful of candidates for large-scale acquisitions.