Neuberger Berman unveils EMD blend fund... [more]From Citywire.lu: Neuberger Berman has launched its fifth emerging market debt fund in little over a year as it continues to extend its reach into the sector… Full article:
Gottex¹s AuM increase to $8.6bn, shareholders approve EIM transaction... [more]Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited, an independent global alternative asset management group, announced its trading statement for this year¹s second quarter that it had combined client assets of $8.6bn as at 31 March 2014, compared to $8.1bn at 31 December 2013. Combined fee earning assets wer
Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ends March -0.87% (3.59% YTD) on asset weighted basis... [more]The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended March 2014 down 0.87% on an asset weighted basis and down 0.62% on an equal weighted basis.
The aim of the Scotia bank Canadian Hedge Fund Index is to provide a comprehensive overview of the Canadian Hedge Fund universe. To achieve this, index ret
Under-40s value advisers' ability to assess their needs, but they still want more from digital tools... [more]From Investmentnews.com: The majority of high-net-worth investors under 40 appreciate the human support their advisers offer, and place great value on advisers' understanding of their goals-based investment needs, a new study shows. The three highest-rated human factors that advisers offer — underst
South Korea’s state fund plans to double alternative investments... [more]From Businessweek.com: Korea Investment Corp., the nation’s $72 billion sovereign wealth fund, plans to double alternative investments over the next 10 years to compensate for declining returns from stocks and bonds. “We’ll have to embrace the lower return expectation from traditional assets and tha
Fund Profile – Jabre Capital: Building on 30 years of fundamental investing... [more]From Thehedgefundjournal.com: For hedge funds, “equity-like returns with bond-like volatility” is a typical performance target. However, not only is the Sharpe ratio implicit in this aim unrealistic according to Philippe Jabre, he also wants to beat equity markets, and thinks that double-digit volat
Comment – Social finance: Have we reached an inflection point?... [more]In his book The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham expresses a distinct wariness, if not outright disdain, for the wisdom of crowds. “You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you,” he penned. “You are right because your data and reasoning are right.” These days, the increa
Regulatory – SEC to examine advisers and brokers for cybersecurity preparedness... [more]From international law firm PIllsburylaw: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) previously announced that its 2014 Examination Priorities included a focus on technology, including cybersecurity preparedness. In connection with that sta
…And Finally – Court tells Brit his stomach is ‘a completely unsuitable place for a goldfish’... [more]From Telegraph.co.uk: A salesman who swallowed a live goldfish has become the first person to be prosecuted by the RSPCA over the Neknomination drinking game craze.
Gavin Hope, 22, prepared a cocktail then swallowed the pet and washed it down with a pint.
He became the first casualty of
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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: As frontier markets continue to outperform emerging markets, a fund manager, who is riding this promising wave by investing in African equities, explains what is driving economic growth in Africa (excluding South Africa), and gives a short and long term outlook ..
