REDRAWING THE LINES
The hedge fund sector is edging back towards historic highs, according to HFMWeek’s latest Assets under Administration (AuA) Survey. The industry has climbed a massive 21% over the last 12 months to post a total AuA of nearly $2.7trn in April 2010. Fund admini...
THE CUSTODIAN ELEMENT
The prime-brokerage (PB) model that developed in the wake of the global credit crisis continues to gain traction, as funds seek greater choice and a wider range of services. Over the coming months we will look in detail at ways in which the relationship betwee...
IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FX IT!
As an asset class, foreign exchange (FX) continues to make serious gains among institutional players, prompting banks to invest heavily in FX infrastructure in order to handle the pronounced growth. Things are going so well, in fact, that regulators continue t...
RIGHTING REGULATION
The Obama administration is bent on passing substantive legislation that limits risk taking among US financial institutions and creates a new consumer financial protection agency. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner holds that the key test for the agency is th...
NUCLEAR REBRANDED
Nuclear power will take on a new complexion over the coming years. Climate change has offered a new marketing pitch to nuclear enthusiasts who claim that it can safely and economically replace coal and gas. The worldwide resurgence of interest in new nuclear r...
STEADY AS SHE GOES
While gold and gold equities have outperformed through 2009, it looks like analysts now expect some underperformance over the coming year. Are analysts right, and are white metals such as platinum the ‘new gold’ in 2010? It is a pertinent question, given that...
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
An essential feature of any continuous market is that intermediaries will make a price when natural buyers and sellers don’t match up, a role specialists and market makers used to fulfill. The traditional market structure guaranteed these players a minimum spr...
THE ME TOO COMPLEX
The world’s major stock exchanges may perhaps be forgiven for not noticing, but they face a challenge from upstarts located on islands both tropical and temperate that harbour grandiose ambitions. Once viewed as little more than the securities industry equival...
ITS A BATTLEFIELD
The private equity sector’s fundraising last year had its worst 12 months since 2004, with just $246bn raised by 482 funds worldwide. That is more than 60% down on the $636bn raised in 2008, and 62% lower than the record $646bn raised in 2007. The fourth quart...
OILING THE WHEEL OF GROWTH
As the global economy improves and the siege mentality in the financial markets turns into, at times, over-optimistic exuberance, other instruments in commodities are also receiving more interest. The growth of exchange traded commodities is slowing down but t...
UK TOUGHENS UP ON TAX
Managers of hedge funds with operations based in the UK are increasingly concerned changes to the UK tax rules for high earners (a 50% tax band will be introduced in April 2010), combined with European Economic Area (EEA) restrictions on pay, which will make i...
CLIMATE CHANGE: THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
The impact of climate change is set to alter the shape of the global economy over the coming years and, as a result, there is an expectation that the environmental technologies sector will benefit and grow, providing both attractive and long-term investment op...
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