Alternative investments
What does 2012 hold for structured products?
What's on the horizon?
BAML Ucits hedge fund platform offers strategy diversity to investors
Service Provider Rankings 2011
Insurers and pension funds eye emerging market debt
New horizons
AMF fines Société Générale €2.5 million for internal control failings
The French financial markets regulator has penalised SG for failures during the financial crisis
BP oil spill to boost alternative energy - fund manager
The fallout from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill will act as a boost for the alternative energy sector, says exchange-traded fund manager ETF Securities.
High-net-worth investment in structured products set to rise
The latest Capgemini/Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report predicts greater investment in structured products on the back of a recovery in high-net-worth investors' finances
The benefits of art investing
Alternative investments are tipped to outperform conventional financial offerings this year, leading to a rapid rise in the number of indexes based on art, as well as increasing interest from fund managers. Randall Willette, managing director at Fine Art…
S&P to launch commodity sub-indexes amid US regulation fears
Ratings agency and financial research firm Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is to roll out two commodity-related sub-indexes that focus only on European and Asian contracts in response to fears the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will make further…
Hedge funds will return to energy markets in H2
Energy hedge fund investors will return to the market in the second half of the year, as these investment managers see prices rise towards the end of 2010, say analysts.
Hedge funds panacea
Confidence in hedge fund investments has hit an all-time low due to poor performance and fears of fraud after the collapse of Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Managed accounts offering improved transparency and control over assets are being tout
Recovering from 'Hurricane Lehman'
Catastrophe bonds
Pricing options on film revenue
This article illustrates two models for cumulative revenues from films, a time-changed gamma process and a compound Poisson process, and how these models can be used to price options. Don Chance, Eric Hillebrand and Jimmy Hilliard find that while both…
Solar contracts to the rescue?
The Solar Power Purchase Agreement, key to funding the industry in the US, is under threat due to the economic downturn. Elisa Wood investigates
Pricing options on film revenue
This article illustrates two models for cumulative revenues from films, a time-changed gamma process and a compound Poisson process, and how these models can be used to price options. Don Chance, Eric Hillebrand and Jimmy Hilliard find that while both…
Interview with Andrew Ross, CEO, Cazenove Capital Management
Contrarian combined with collegiate
Firewall halts trading on Turquoise
Daily news headlines
Alternative investors favour external regulator, says PwC survey
Daily news headlines
A return to simplicity
Structured products
Pension Risk Manager of the Year - Nordea Life & Pensions
Risk Awards 2008
A metamorphosis in funds
Alternative investment products: Mutual funds
Defending defined benefit
Alternative investment products: Pension profile