03/02/2012
HSBC offers rich clients discounted fees for 10 new hedge funds
Private clients provide part of the $38 billion invested by HSBC in alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity and real estate.
03/02/2012
Private clients provide part of the $38 billion invested by HSBC in alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity and real estate.
03/02/2012
The IAM survey indicates that the trend of insurance companies outsourcing the management of their balance sheets to third party asset managers remains strong. Outsourced general account assets now total $1.21 trillion, an increase of 5.5% from December 2
03/02/2012
AIMA’s research paper* highlights crucial differences between the key functions of a traditional bank and those of credit hedge funds and other non-bank financial institutions.
03/01/2012
For most hedge fund managers, 2011 was a year to forget.
02/29/2012
The survey, which covered more than 600 institutional investors representing $1.04 trillion of hedge fund assets, found that investors expect their hedge fund portfolios to return 8.6 percent in 2012, down from 11 percent last year.
02/29/2012
South African platinum producers face the dual challenges of sustained high levels of unit cost inflation and weak metal prices, Absa said, cutting its price target on Impala Platinum, Anglo American Platinum and Northam Platinum.
02/27/2012
Deutsche Bank today announced the results of its tenth annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted in December 2011 by the Bank's Global Prime Finance business.
02/27/2012
The metal may trade between $1,500 and $2,500 this year, ending 2012 at about $2,250, Christopher Wyke, London-based product manager for emerging-market debt, commodity and currency funds, said at a briefing in Singapore.
02/27/2012
Schroders will launch an offshore fund targeting European equities for one of its new recruits next month.
02/26/2012
Paulson also cited gold as a hedge against the euro currency, as a breakup may occur, and an eventual increase in inflation.
02/22/2012
St James Developments has announced the launch of The St James Developments London Property fund.
02/22/2012
A veteran Hong Kong hedge fund has joined the ranks of Asia's shuttered hedge funds.
02/22/2012
China and Kanye West have something in common: a love for cognac.
02/20/2012
The fund will invest in global government bonds using a fundamental framework to determine an issuer’s ability and willingness to honour its debt obligations.
02/17/2012
India has for decades been the world’s largest gold market, but in the final quarter of 2011 demand tumbled by almost half from a year earlier as a collapse in the value of the rupee made gold more expensive for Indian buyers.
02/17/2012
For the month of February 2012 to date, the US Mint has recorded sales of 835,000 of the one ounce American Silver Eagle bullion coins.
01/31/2012
The fund, which will focus on investing in growth companies in the service sector in German speaking Europe, reached its successful final closing in early December 2011.