Fundamentals

I have been fortunate to be able to teach securities lending training courses in ten different countries over the past three years. Additionally during that time we have had people from a further six countries come to the UK to...

Money flows through Cofunds’ institutional service show that the Corporate Bond sector was popular across all client types in Q1 this year. This sector was the top ranking amongst product providers and in addition was in the top three for both execution only and wealth managers. The Newton Global Higher Income fund and the M&G Optimal Income fund were joined by Standard Life Investment’s Global Absolute Return Strategy and M&G’s Strategic Corporate Bond as the only funds to enter the top 20 across all three client types. This is the third consecutive quarter that the Newton Global Higher Income fund, managed by James Harries, has achieved this position.

Nicola Smith, CEO of Gibraltar fund administrator, Helvetic writes about the EU's AIFMD, as the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund trade association, has expressed concern regarding the new draft text produced by the European Commission on the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFM Directive).