Note The true nature of the derivative contract on French debt
The multiplication of misinterpretations related to the launch of the derivative contract on French debt leads to an apolitical analysis produced by a market professional to avoid amalgam and populism: This is a simple and useful contract, which was traded in the past in (...)
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Note Financial crisis indicators and safe haven assets
How to measure the intensity of the current financial and economic crisis? Regular monitoring of a number of economic and financial indicators helps answering this question and better understanding the materialization of panic behavior and portfolio reallocations in the (...)
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Note BofA Merrill Lynch May Fund Manager Survey finds investors are bullish; macro expectations of high growth and low inflation at record high
China replaces European disintegration as the most commonly cited tail risk for the first time since January 2016, with 31% of global fund managers citing Chinese credit tightening as the biggest risk in the market
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Note Deutsche Bank’s strategic challenge
Since 2010 Deutsche Bank AG’s annual pretax profits have fallen significantly, although 2014 saw something of a recovery. This largely reflects the weaker performance of the investment bank, which has been troubled by unfavorable markets, legal charges and noncore (...)
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Note State Street’s GX Private Equity Index Drops in Q3 for the First Time in Three Years, Marking End to Unprecedented Streak of Quarterly Gains
Despite Dip, New Research Verifies Asset Owners’ Continued Interest in Private Equity Investments
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Note US dividend growth slows to post-crisis low
Global dividends fell to $281.7bn in the third quarter, down 4.0% year-on-year, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index. Lower US special dividends made a significant impact to the headline rate, but underlying US dividend growth has also (...)
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Note Management of government debt by the French Treasury agency (AFT)
The Court of Auditors has conducted a survey on the management of government debt by the AFT. The report, released at the beginning of the summer, lightens the honorable work done by the AFT in managing relatively well the government debt but regrets a relative dependence on (...)
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Note The CAT bonds market remains dynamic
Despite the increasing number of natural disasters in 2017, the CAT bond market continues to grow. Despite recent poor performance, both outstandings assets and new issuances have reached record levels by the end of (...)
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Note On the impact of Brexit on sterling
As yet, sterling appears not to have reacted to the looming referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. Over the short to medium term, however, the currency should end up reacting negatively, so great is the fallout for the British economy. In (...)
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Note Islamic finance : 10 proposals to attract 100 billion Euros in savings !
The rise of Islamic finance is a fundamental trend and not a fad. It is part of a considerable market representing 700 billion dollars !
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Note US Energy infrastructure: The MLP example
Among infrastructure assets, energy infrastructure assets such as pipelines, storage facilities or processing plants, are experiencing a rapid growth, especially in the USA. Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) have played a key role in facilitating investment in US energy (...)
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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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Note The rumour, a necessary credit analysis instrument
According to Bruno Mathis from SterWen and Jean Delahousse, all institutions exposed on Lehman which have highly developed credit analysis tools are able to detect warning signs as soon as they come about and would have almost four months to take safety measures (CDS (...)
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Note Hedge fund capital inflows steady as volatility increases
Total hedge fund capital increased to a record level in the third quarter as financial market volatility increased into quarter-end, with inflows concentrated in Event Driven and Fixed Income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge (...)
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Note 2011 to be pivotal year for asset management industry
2011 could be a defining year for the global asset management industry, according to research by Skandia Investment Group (SIG)...
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