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Hedge fund managers specialising in US residential mortgage strategies urged investors to stick with the asset class, dismissing concerns that returns are bound to taper off after big gains in recent years.
13 May 2013
Hedge funds are benefiting from lower securities borrowing and financing rates as competition among prime brokers intensifies, according to David Geffen, founder of consultancy Geffen Advisors.
08 May 2013
Christie's International Real Estate, a network wholly owned by the fine art auction house, is to offer an advisory service for international buyers of vineyard estates.
07 May 2013
American insurers are increasing their investment in UK and European commercial real estate (CRE) debt, as domestic insurers struggle to meet burgeoning demand.
07 May 2013
European private equity firms invested €36.5 billion in nearly 5,000 European businesses in 2012, a similar number of companies to last year and nearly half of all the companies receiving investment were private equity backed for the first time, according to data from the latest European Venture Capital Association annual handbook.
03 May 2013
Vittorio Pignatti, chairman and co-founder of Trilantic Capital Partners Europe, has been discussing the outlook for private equity and whether AUM is a meaningful measure of success.
01 May 2013
David Kirk, the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s chief criminal counsel, says "dubious trading activity" has fallen by 50% in three years as FCA vows to continue crackdown on hedge fund traders
24 Apr 2013
Spanish boutique asset manager March Gestión de Fondos (MFG) has gained UK FSA approval to distribute its three flagship funds to the UK market.
22 Apr 2013
Resonance Asset Management, an alternative asset management firm founded by industry veteran Nick Wood, has raised £35m in assets for its inaugural wind energy income fund.
15 Apr 2013
As expected alternative funds posted solid growth in the first part of 2013 underpinned by strong emerging markets, according to the quarterly Alternative UCITS Barometer published by ML Capital which analyses 49 investors who collectively manage over $85bn.
15 Apr 2013
Dutch alternative investor IMQubator and Australian hedge fund seeder Scout Global Funds are to co-seed the Romanesco Capital Management Persistence Fund, a systematic trading strategy.
15 Apr 2013
The European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has welcomed the publication of a Green Paper by the European Commission on how to promote private equity as a long term asset class, but adds there is much more debate and detail to be decided.
28 Mar 2013
Ignis Asset Management saw profits fall by 6% and AUM come down nearly £5bn in 2012, as the renegotiation of its joint venture deals impacted the business in a "year of significant change".
22 Mar 2013
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has announced the creation of a centre of expertise in Luxembourg for alternative funds in the area of private equity, real estate and tangible assets.
21 Mar 2013
Shortage of burial space in the UK is opening up the opportunity to benefit from the dead, according to figures presented by Creative Investor.
21 Mar 2013
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Strong demand for emerging market debt and equity assets should remain, according to experts in the field.
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A selection of key moments caught on camera from InvestmentEurope's recent Pension Fund Forum in Zurich have been published.
A selection of key moments caught on camera from InvestmentEurope's recent Fund Selector Forum in Geneva have been published.
