September 2011
Note Current approaches inadequate for assessing future longevity
The substantial increases in life expectancy witnessed in recent decades have been consistently underestimated, a new Swiss Re research report reveals. Robust, predictive approaches using forward-looking scenarios are (...)
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September 2011
Innovation JeantetAssociés advises APICORP on a murabaha islamic funding
APICORP acted as a financial arranger and sole financier of a revolving funding loan granted to Morocco’s first refiner, SAMIR...
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September 2011
News Hedge funds are massively « short »
According to Bank of America Corp., the volume of bearish positions on the S&P 500 futures has boomed in recent weeks and reached levels seen before the 2008 crisis...
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September 2011
Innovation Natixis Global Asset Management Acquires Darius Capital Partners
Founded in 2004 by Reza Ghodsi and Mathieu Klein, Darius is an investment advisory and research firm that provides customized hedge fund solutions
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August 2011
Innovation Natixis successfully arranged and placed €150 million catastrophe bonds for ERDF
Natixis successfully closed the arrangement and placement, as sole arranger and joint bookrunner, of a French windstorm risk transfer transaction for ERDF (Pylon II Ltd.)
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August 2011
News John Paulson loses 31% in its main fund, Advantage Plus Fund
John Paulson, featured manager in recent years, who bet on economic recovery by the end of 2012, has lost 11 percent in the first week of August...
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July 2011
Note Reinvention in the Hedge Fund Industry
State Street Corporation released a new Vision Report today, entitled “Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation.” The report examines the re-emergence of the hedge fund industry and the new dynamic between investors, hedge funds, and hedge fund (...)
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June 2011
Strategy Making good use of the drop in correlation through equity arbitration
Despite fairly divergent hedge fund trends in the second quarter, SG Private Banking’s strategists remain positive but have a preference for Relative Value and Event-Driven.
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June 2011
Innovation Bernheim Dreyfus launching new Ucits M&A Fund
Bernheim Dreyfus, the Paris-based investment manager, has launched a mergers and acquisitions fund regulated under UCITS III rules to meet increased investor demands for more liquid and transparent investments in this sector of market (...)
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May 2011
News Libyan sovereign wealth fund invested € 1.8 billion in Société Générale structured products!
According to an official document published by Global Witness, the French bank held the lion share of Libyan funds allocated to structured products...
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May 2011
Pedagogy Back to the future, may 2011: Nobles Crus and Earth Element Fund
Yesterday they were introduced as innovatives products. Today, How far have they got and what are the prospects for tomorrow ? Two products in the spotlight this month: Nobles Crus or the blend of passion for wine and financial investment, and a quantitative systematic (...)
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May 2011
News Top 20 largest hedge funds
According to Bloomberg, the $69 billion Man Group tops the list of the largest hedge funds, an industry that is selectively recovering.
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May 2011
News Nexar Capital Group, a global alternative investment manager, acquires Ermitage
Nexar Capital Group SCA announced yesterday the acquisition of Ermitage Limited, one of Europe’s pioneering alternative asset management organizations, from Caledonia Investments plc
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April 2011
Innovation News trading: Hedge fund analyzing japanese blogs
Media-based strategies are expanding further more with the introduction a new source of data: blogs. A former Goldman banker and a professor have teamed up to launch Plug AI Fund, a fund which use such source of (...)
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April 2011
Stories Frozen Libyan Money
The conflict between the rebels and the regime of Muammar Khadafi has lead authorities of different countries of the Western world to freeze Libyan assets and have hindered the development of hedge fund FM Capital (...)
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