Asset management
Pension reform may boost Asia asset servicing
Reform minded
Asia Risk awards 2010: Asset manager of the year
Asia Risk awards 2010: Asset manager of the year
Munro to replace Apenbrink as HSBC Asset Management Asia CEO
Asset management veteran, Joanna Munro, set to take the reins at HSBC Global Asset Management in Asia in the second quarter of next year, following Rudolf Apenbrink’s move back to Europe.
Evolution Securities appoints fixed income chief
Evolution promotes Jenkins to top fixed income post
Amundi recruits senior fixed income investors to London office
Amundi names senior fixed income investors
Stick with government bonds – even if they are overpriced: Andrew Dalton profile
All about the assets: Andrew Dalton profile
Emerging markets specialist tips Middle East property and Kazakh financials
Profile: John Bates
Commodities investment – know your options, manage your risks
Events over the past three years have generated extreme levels of volatility in the commodities arena. In this article, Standard Chartered provides companies and investors with some keen advice on hedging against these sharp moves, and the clear…
Liquidnet debuts offshore alternative trading in New Zealand
New Zealand is poised to have what is believed to be its first offshore dark pool when Liquidnet launches its trading operation on June 22.
A dynamic model for leveraged funds
Guido Giese derives a model for the performance and Sharpe ratio of leveraged and inverse index funds that follow a dynamic leveraged trading strategy, that is, they are rebalanced on a daily basis to ensure a constant degree of leverage with respect to…
Aviva Investors recruits new convertibles fund manager
Convertible bond fund manager Justin Craib-Cox joins Aviva Investors from M&G Investments.
Risk institutional investor rankings 2010
The resurgence of market volatility and growing regulatory uncertainty have made the past 12 months challenging for investors. In this difficult environment, respondents to Risk’s institutional investor survey voted JP Morgan the top provider of…
Energy market correlations: have they changed permanently?
Have traditional energy market correlations changed permanently as a result of the credit bubble bursting and how will this impact trends in price forecasting and modelling? Pauline McCallion reports
Interview: Crescent Petroleum's Majid Jafar
Iraq is being hailed as a major new source of oil supply in the coming years but Crescent Petroleum Group’s Majid Jafar tells Lianna Brinded how the Iraqi government’s heavy involvement in energy companies is holding back progression
Loomis Sayles nabs Fahey from Mellon
Loomis Sayles recruits Thomas Fahey from Standish Mellon to be fixed income macro strategist.
Indian corporates frustrate international bond investors by sticking to domestic rupee markets
International asset managers are keen to gain exposure to India, but just how keen is India to court foreign investors? With local companies able to fund themselves adequately in the domestic market, investors may struggle to find suitable offshore bond…
Advisers Asset Management ahead of the game
US distributor Advisors Asset Management made the right call in choosing principal protection over reverse convertibles before the economic storm, and is now seeing a push towards equity, income and interest-rate products.