02/03/2012
Shrugging off a disappointing 2011, in which the average hedge fund lost around 5 percent according to HFRI, managers profited from gains in most assets as investors bet a solution could be found for the euro zone's deepening debt crisis.
02/03/2012
About 10 per cent of the Church capital is invested with hedge fund managers, up from 4 per cent at the end of 2009.
02/02/2012
At a press conference to present Santander's full-year results, Botin didn't elaborate on the negotiations, nor did he disclose the name of bank that could be purchased.
02/02/2012
TPG is offering 435 pence-per-share for GlobeOp, representing a premium of around 22.5 percent to GlobeOp's closing share price of 355 pence on Jan. 31.
02/02/2012
The expansion in central Europe comes as banks holding property outside central Europe continue to take massive write-downs on these holdings.
02/02/2012
The dispute centres on how much power should be given to an EU agency to oversee derivatives, one of the most opaque areas of finance, and once described as "financial weapons of mass destruction" by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
02/02/2012
Jefferies buys RBS' historic UK broker
Hoare Govett had been one of the most historic and prestigious brands in British stockbroking for much of the 20th century, along with Cazenove, but analysts felt its brand value had been diluted after it got absorbed into ABN AMRO.
02/01/2012
Managers are also trying to dig out old computer programs they once used to model the behavior of currencies such as the drachma or the deutschmark as they prepare for an event for which -- even after the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers -- they effective
01/31/2012
First ever international cleantech fund to focus on Russia International cleantech expert Daniel Colbert hired to run the fund
01/27/2012
Crucially, each sale, which in the past has sometimes been recorded by no more than a fax, will be registered centrally for regulators to see.
01/27/2012
Originally founded by Dermot Desmond in the 1980s. It currently employs 120 people and has around €1.3 billion of private client funds under management.
01/27/2012
Two senior German executives have been appointed to the management board.
01/26/2012
Renaissance Asset Managers has acquired the mandate for two funds from specialist emerging markets house Griffin Capital Management.
01/25/2012
Multimedia Review depicts people, organization continuously adapting to meet client and community needs
01/23/2012
BNP Paribas Securities Services today announced the roll-out of a major investment programme to expand its hedge fund and fund of hedge fund administration services, for both UCITs and offshore funds.
01/22/2012
Total investment volumes in the Central London office market reached £10.8 bn in 2011, with international buyers representing 60% of total investment volumes. Asian buyers accounted for 16% last year, up from 6% in 2010.
01/19/2012
The fund revealed in a trading statement on Wednesday that it intends to make $75m of savings, including pay cuts and job losses, $50m of which will take place this year.
01/19/2012
Fidelity, which has more than £165bn in funds under management, said that in the interests of "simplicity and transparency" variable pay for directors should be subjected to a shareholder vote requiring 75pc approval.
01/19/2012
The share sale, known as a rights issue, is being watched as a barometer of investors' willingness to recapitalize Europe's troubled banking sector.
01/18/2012
The new launch will also be able to invest in commodities and debt securities issued by mining and mining-related companies.