07/10/2012
Hedge Fund Investors Are Running For The Exits
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.
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07/09/2012
Guess who's back? Duffield's latest firm launches fund range
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
Rise in wealthy French eyeing London move
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
Top 100 Firms Have Combined $3 Trillion AUM - Research
Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management near $5 trillion
07/08/2012
Fund managers hungrier for assets, craving Asia-Pacific region: survey
“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 set for multiple fund launch in Europe
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
Last chance saloon for funds of hedge funds
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.
07/05/2012
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index Up 1.40% in June
Performance for the LAB indices is shown below. Research, performance, descriptions, statistics and downloadable index performance history can be found online at www.credit-suisse.com/LAB or on Bloomberg at .
07/04/2012
Fund houses eye Middle Eastern wealth
Asia-based investment industry CEOs are exploring how to tap institutional capital and rich individuals in the Middle East.
07/03/2012
Nomura Dropped From DBJ Bond Sale Due to Insider Leak Case
Nomura last week said it will cut top executives’ pay and suspend some operations amid a government crackdown on insider trading.
07/03/2012
Survey: Most Women In Hedge Funds Feel Disadvantaged
More than eight in 10 women in the hedge fund and private equity industries feel their gender has affected their likelihood of having a successful career, Financial News reports.
07/03/2012
United States Mint Gold and Silver Bullion Sales
During the month of June 2012, the United States Mint sold 70,000 ounces of gold bullion and 2,898,000 ounces of silver bullion across the various options.
07/02/2012
Credit Suisse Seeks $321 Million Selling Part of Aberdeen
The Zurich-based lender is selling as many as 80.4 million Aberdeen shares for 245 pence to 255 pence each, a discount of as much as 7.4 percent to the closing price today, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is private.
07/02/2012
Gender still a barrier to success, say hedge fund women
Most women in the hedge fund industry do not work in portfolio management positions, which create the performance upon which the hedge fund industry is built.
07/02/2012
BlackRock makes acquisition and expands Swiss presence
The transaction extends BRPEP's investment capabilities into infrastructure investing, expands its European and Asian footprint, and establishes the unit's presence in Switzerland where BlackRock has a long-standing presence and history of servi
07/01/2012
Gold imports could rise by 20 pc in 2nd half: Bullion Association
The second half of this year may see 20 per cent increase in gold imports to 300 tonnes over the first six months, a bullion association has said.
06/28/2012
Winemakers uncork booming Chinese market
Having overtaken the United Kingdom to be the fifth largest market in 2011, the country will become the largest wine consumer over the next 20 years if the growth rates remain unchanged, it said.
06/28/2012
Investors are Underweight Commodities - Credit Suisse survey
Credit Suisse conducted the survey as part of its 2012 New York City Commodities Day on Tuesday, June 26, with a gathering of about 320 clients covering a wide cross section of institutional investors, distributors, mutual funds and hedge funds.
06/27/2012
Mattioli assets hit £3bn ahead of discretionary launch
Sipp provider, which is set to launch a discretionary portfolio management proposition, sees assets jump by a third.
06/26/2012
Sotheby’s International to Enter China Property Market
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, a unit of Realogy Corp., plans to start business in China’s luxury property market by the first half of next year to tap the country’s growing wealth.