May 2012
May 28, 2012
As the number of funds using the UCITS framework increases, the depth and breadth of strategies has increased. Joy Dunbar, editor of Absolute UCITS, explores the growing number of funds deploying a healthcare theme within the UCITS wrapper.
May 28, 2012
Malta is attempting to establish itself as a cost competitive alternative to Luxembourg and Ireland. Joy Dunbar, editor of Absolute UCITS, looks at one of the newer financial centres in the European Union.
May 24, 2012
Government-sponsored initiative to develop the asset management industry in France is attracting attention from other countries too, with the seeder already receiving some 80 applications from alternative investment managers in France
May 24, 2012
Administrators are facing widespread challenges and pressures at a time of slow growth in the hedge fund industry and increasing demands on administration providers from regulators, managers and investors
May 21, 2012
The Asian hedge fund industry is seeing a new conduit to long term assets in the form of hedge fund consultants, which have emerged as a key gate-keeper for institutional assets following the global financial crisis
May 21, 2012
Credit Suisse closes the gap by assets on Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, while Deutsche Bank – again the biggest player in Hong Kong and China – and UBS are also now close by mandates as the top five firms fight for market share in a shrinking Asian hedge fund world
May 21, 2012
Changes are afoot in the Swiss financial services sector. Joy Dunbar, editor of Absolute UCITS, explores what some of these changes might mean