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BACK OFFICE VIEW: Spoilt for choice?

"For a start-up hedge fund, deciding what type of IT systems to invest in can involve difficult choices" - Tony Swei / Tradar While...

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION: Star players

Just like the world’s top footballers these days, loyalty is a forgotten word in the investment industry, as finance hotshots go to where the...

PAST PERFORMANCE: A clear property outlook

"The property market has reached its peak in the UK, but the property markets in Singapore, Hong Kong and India are not even close"...

COMPANY PROFILE: Propery ladder

Cordea Savills has just completed a second closing of its German property fund, writes Fionnuala Synott According to Justin O’Connor, working out the strategy behind...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Breaking down barriers

Sheila Nicoll, who leaves the UK’s Investment Management Association to the join a regulator, tells Nick Fitzpatrick that industry relations with Europe have entered...

LUXEMBOURG FUNDS: Gaining ground

Since Sifs were launched to attract hedge funds to Luxembourg, over 100 specialised vehicles have been given clearance. But Dublin is still ahead, finds...

EXCHANGES: MIFID: Unmanageable liquidity

As the Mifid deadline approaches and the competition hots up between the traditional exchanges and the new entrants, Nicholas Pratt asks what fund managers...

MANAGER SELECTION: We don’t play golf

Fund selectors are playing an increasingly important role in the market. Their criteria varies enormously, from determining a manager's 'passion', to focusing on past...

RISK MANAGEMENT: A risky business

The sub-prime explosion has shown managers that they cannot rely on VaR – and that VaR poses a risk in itself. By Nick Fitzpatrick Not everyone...

OPEN FORUM: A good deal?

Have guaranteed products been a good deal for investors over the last couple of years during the bull run? And now that markets are...

COVER STORY (September 2007): Over protected

Investors buy guaranteed products through fear of a market downturn. But against a recent bull market, returns from non-guaranteed equity products have been far...

FUND ADMINISTRATION SURVEY: Pinpointing growth

Fiona Rintoul studies the data in our latest fund administration survey and considers from which geographies third-party fund administrators anticipate growth. Europe’s fund administration business...

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