Metals
Gold producer hedging drops to record lows
Gold hedging plunged by another 18% in the first quarter of 2008, shrinking the global delta-adjusted hedge positions to 22 million troy ounces (Moz).
Getting physical
Special Report: Commodity survey
Other side of the coin
Special Report: Metals
Dow Jones launches new single commodity sub-indexes
Dow Jones Indexes and AIG Financial Products have launched the Dow Jones AIG Platinum, Lead and Tin Sub-Indexes. The indexes have been licensed to ETF Securities, London-based provider of exchange traded commodities.
African dream
Regional Focus: Africa
Salt of the earth - Macquarie seeks, and finds, alpha returns from commodities
Macquarie has an enviable experience in the commodities and softs markets both trading and structuring products, so it was only logical it has put this to work in a hedge fund format, writes David Walker
Far-sighted foresight
Stenham has got key decisions right, at the right time in the past, about the future, so David Walker asked Harry Wulfsohn about what the future now holds for the FoHF group
Bullish on bullion
Gold
Bullish on bullion
Gold
Commodities as an asset class
commodities
Canada's mounting assets
country focus: cANADA
Shariah rules in Islamic investment
MIDDLE EAST
Upended by downgrades
Collateralised commodity obligations
Market-neutral funds lay some golden eggs in summer
Those who felt unleveraged funds were for chickens found leverage's chickens came home to roost in summer, ruffling more than a few geared managers' feathers. Solomon Teague sought out some leading market-neutral funds who found summer's markets anything…
Plain sailing as the GMI ship fund makes some pieces of (very non-correlated) eight
M2M has made quite a splash in its first year with its Global Maritime Investments shipping hedge fund, making 31% and raising $111m in barely 10 months. GMI's Stephen Rodley and Stuart Rae told David Walker how they managed both…
Rio's gamble
Commodities
Getting strongly bullish about the prospects and future opportunities in the land of the bear
russia equity long/short
Meteor Launches Galaxy Protected Commodities Plan 2
Meteor Asset Management, the investment and retail products arm of Meteor Capital Holdings, has launched a second version of the Galaxy Protected Commodities Plan 2.
Unearthing value early
London's CDCapital, investing in pre-IPO commodities firms, draws its initials from those of its founder Carmel Daniele, but they may just as easily stand for 'Chinese demand ' when it comes to finding profitable exits from trades, as Carmel Daniele…