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Where next for oil prices?
Despite recent steep losses, oil remains in a long-term uptrend, although this is under serious pressure. A technical analysis suggests risk remains greatest to the downside, writes David Linton of Updata
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund
The DSAM Kauthor Natural Resources Fund, the third fund operating on the Al Safi platform, offers investors exposure to the natural resources sector. The fund invests exclusively in units of the Zweig-DiMenna Natural Resources Fund, a subtrust of the Al…
Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund
DTrafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund-FIS is a European-based alternative investment fund focusing on privately-negotiated funding transactions for small and mid-cap publicly traded companies in Europe and overseas.
Japan fund
Boyer Allan Investment Management’s the Japan Fund was launched in February 2000 with assets under management of $12 million. The new co-managers, Andrew Callender and Nick Tanner who took over running the fund in April 2008, have high hopes of improving…
Lyxor to list five ETFs on SGX
Lyxor International Asset Management (Lyxor AM) will launch five exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) on November 5, with a focus on Asia and commodities. The Lyxor ETF MSCI Asia Apex 50 will be the first ETF to track the…
Barclays Capital builds up indexes after Lehman acquisition
Barclays Capital has rolled out the re-branded version of the Lehman Brothers index platform that it acquired as part of its takeover of the now defunct US investment bank. Barcap has confirmed that the calculation of the indexes will continue as before,…
Barclays releases Guaranteed Deposit Accounts for offshore bonds
Barclays Capital has launched two deposit accounts as the latest in its structured deposit series for offshore bonds. The five-year Guaranteed Arabia Titans 50 Deposit Account provides exposure to 50 leading Arab stocks, represented by the Arabia Titans…
Carbon and waste ETFs hit Euronext Paris
EasyETF listed both low carbon and global waste exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on NYSE Euronext today. The EasyETF Low Carbon 100 Europe offers investors exposure to 100 blue-chip European companies that have the smallest carbon footprint relative to their…
Direxion burst into ETF market with eight leveraged ETFs
Direxion, a provider of alternative investment strategies, has entered the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arena with eight leveraged bull and bear ETFs, offering 300% leveraged exposure. The Direxion Shares 3x ETFs provide 300% of the daily performance, or…
Funds offer investment strategies for wide range of market conditions
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Middle Eastern investors keen to access hedge fund absolute returns
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Ethical Islamic investors consider Shariah compliant hedge funds
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Al Safi is strategic step for Dubai financial services growth
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Short selling in Islamic finance
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Investors keen to find route to Shariah compliant hedge funds
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Renowned scholars form Al Safi Shariah supervisory board
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Search for Islamic financing standards
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Innovative one-stop solution could lead way for Shariah compliant funds
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Shariah poses challenges to hedge fund managers
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Islamic financing matures
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Making sense of Shariah finance terms
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Islamic investors eager to access Shariah compliant hedge funds
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
SG takes a €370m hit on exotics and €447m loss on Lehman in Q3 2008
SG Corporate & Investment Banking reported a 14.3% increase in equity flow business over the third quarter of 2008, compared to the same quarter of 2007; also a 17.4% increase on the previous quarter. “However, structured products were penalised by an…