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SG Excels in Hong Kong
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB) has launched the SG Excel Notes Series 36, which is designed to provide exposure to a basket of four Chinese equities, for investors in Hong Kong.
NDFA unveils its latest income plan
NDFA has launched the Regular Fixed Income Plan April 08. The five-and-a-half year plan is linked to the FTSE 100 index and offers a fixed annual income of 8% per year. This can be paid in the form of five annual instalments of 8% plus a final payment of…
Deutsche Bank issues four commodity ETNs
Deutsche Bank has launched four exchange traded notes (ETNs) linked to the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity index and the Deutsche Bank Commodity Index-Optimum Yield, offering long, short and leveraged exposure to commodities.
Meteor launches protected equity fund
Meteor Asset Management has launched a new capital protected Ucits III fund. The fund provides exposure to FTSE 100 index volatility, with downside protection of 10%.
Pure persistence is the best performance tool
Last in the series by Walter Gehin of Edhec
Increase in transparency requirements expected
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Iron Man vs Lois Lane
In search of a super hero for hedge funds
Liquidity issues challenge hedge funds as market turmoil persists
Alyce Campbell, product manager at Calypso Technology, believes there are two definitions for liquidity risk.
Short selling may be violent but it remains an attractive strategy
What is the key skill to master when shorting?
Myriad challenges face industry
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Auditable valuations challenge administrators
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Global macro asset allocation approach can generate alpha
Global macro is often viewed as a hedge fund strategy that bases its holdings, such as long and short positions in various equity, fixed income, currency, and futures markets, primarily on overall economic and political views of various countries …
Latin American markets offer mixed opportunities for hedge funds
Country focus: Latin America
Hedge fund investors eye opportunities offered by frontier countries
Frontier markets are beginning to attract savvy hedge fund managers with experience of emerging markets coupled with an understanding of where to find value. True pioneers are looking at a wide variety of countries in Africa and the Middle East in…
Mixed verdict from market on benefits of 130/30 strategy
Assets under management in 130/30 or similar type equity strategies, also known as short extension products, are currently estimated by a variety of sources at around $75bn on a worldwide basis. In these strategies the manager shorts a certain percentage…