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No turning back the revolution
When Cairn Capital, a London-based investment group, decided last year that it wanted to buy US sub-prime mortgage-backed securities, it ran into a problem
Europe’s hottest trades
The recent era of low inflation and low interest rates has been great for general stability, but poor for investing, especially in fixed income or debt.
Increasingly popular way for pension funds to meet their promises
In the past few years, a confluence of factors have made liability driven investment irresistible to some pension funds in the UK.
EU directive is altering the landscape
Once upon a time, mutual funds limited themselves to running plain vanilla long-only equity and bond portfolios, leaving the racy world of derivatives to their hedge fund rivals.
Belgium pioneers innovative ideas to sell to retail investors
Belgium is not usually depicted as a bastion of dynamic financial innovation. However, it has recently notched up a striking achievement
Money managers learn to wield tools for risk exposure
Pimco, one of the world’s largest speciality fixed income managers is no stranger to derivatives.
Niche soars as investors pile in
When Stephen Zinser and Steven Blakey, two former Merrill Lynch bankers, created European Credit Management (ECM) in 1999, they initially had little intention of plunging into derivatives
A dip in the funds pool
One of the biggest concerns about the hedge fund industry in general is the mystery surrounding how much leverage the funds employ and whether it poses a danger to the financial system
Continuing rapid growth in deals stretches technological resources
The explosion in derivatives trading in recent years – particularly in credit – initially left the market’s trade processing capacity behind
Growth brings loss of oversight
A few months ago, Independent Strategy, a think-tank, produced a chart that should give regulators – let alone investors – pause for thought.
