Saving Time for Fun in the Sun
With a rather sudden heat wave promising a considerable improvement on the slow start to the summer this year, many of us are getting in the mood for the long summer break.
View ArticlePeer-to-Peer Commercial Lending: Breakthrough, or Make-Do?
We've seen peer-to-peer lending solve a lot of problems for individuals and small businesses. Is this now making its mark on commercial property?
View ArticleDerivatives, Blamed for Crippling Banks, Are Now Making Them Nimble
--Asset manager signs risk-sharing trade with German bank --CDS are helping banks to offset risks and make new loans --Regulators warming up to the trades amid new capital rules
View ArticleValidating Sport and Sponsorship
The start of the 2012 Olympic Games & the World's largest media event is imminent. But sport is always at the forefront of the public imagination. We all have our favourite athletes and are looking...
View ArticleOnly the super cash rich can afford to play the big London Property...
Large scale development in London is now restricted to cash rich operators who want to profit from a perceived scarcity of new property.
View ArticleTrust, but verify
Peter Carvill examines how the hedge fund industry has become more transparent to meet institutional investors' demands
View ArticleShort Selling - The Guidance Materialises but Uncertainty Always Remains
On Monday 23 July, both Spain and Italy introduced further restrictions on short selling. An impromptu decision perhaps, but it was only a matter of time before somebody pulled the regulatory trigger...
View ArticleJD Wetherspoon maintain unbroken record of growth in FY sales and profits
JD Wetherspoon, reported today that their record of 29 years of sales and profit growth has remained intact, with FY sales for 53 weeks ended 29th July up 11.7% on last year to £1.197 billion. Before...
View ArticleMending lending
Property Week and lender Montello brought together some leading finance lights to discuss research on the future of property finance. Photographs by Paul Burroughs
View ArticleEuropean Pensions 'Trust, but Verify'
In March, professional services firm KPMG released The Evolution of an Industry, a report that outlined the extent to which institutional investment had entered the hedge fund space and the resultant...
View ArticleHedge funds reap rewards as firms rush to refinance
Hedge funds that bought into depressed corporate loans during the worst of the euro zone crisis are now being rewarded for their faith in a recovery, with returns of sometimes more than 30 percent.
View ArticleHedge Funds Review - The latest Appointments Within Hedge Funds
Cheyne Capital Management has appointed Arron Taggart to its real estate debt team as a loan originator. Taggart has 23 years' experience in the banking sector. Prior to joining he was a regional...
View ArticleLaying firm national financial foundations for the 21st Century
I imagine that most people are wishing these days for a return to the robust growth in the values of houses and land of the early years of the last decade
View ArticlePaper, Scissors, Stone. Oh, and Plastic
Typical, just when you've come up with a charming game about the Plague (ring-a-ring-a-roses), some scientist comes along and eliminates the virus.
View ArticleConvertible bonds back in favour as equities pick up
The revival of the convertible bond market is upon us, its reawakening brought about by low interest rates, a fresh bloom in equity markets and companies' desire to slash financing costs. Investors'...
View ArticleTech You Could Bend Over Backwards For
The ever expanding world of technology has captivated our minds for decades. It seems now that almost all of us find it difficult to go about our daily business without having some form of mobile...
View ArticleCheyne's offering
Cheyne Capital runs a variety of interrelated strategies in what it calls a multiple strategy business that encompasses traditional hedge funds as well as long-only products and some Ucits vehicles.
View ArticleCredit hedge fund boutique seeks new partners
LNG Capital, a credit hedge fund set up by Louis Gargour, the former head of fixed income at RAB Capital, wants to capitalise on a tough fundraising environment by luring start-up and smaller managers...
View ArticleThe three 'Rs' dominate the debate in Paris: risk, returns and regulation
Confidence and caution were competing in the air this year as the key figures in the global hedge fund industry came together in Paris for the 10th annual EuroHedge Summit Risk, returns and regulation...
View ArticleCMBS launches spark revival hope
The placing of £680m of new UK real estate securitisations in the past 10 days is raising hopes that CMBS is on the verge of making a comeback. Toys R Us' eagerly anticipated £300m CMBS Debussy DTC was...
View ArticleThe Europe Hedge Fund 50
Easy money policies have propelled some European managers to double-digit gains and forced others to find new opportunities. It pays to be in the middle of an economic trouble spot -- especially when...
View ArticleWe know what you did last summer - Some executives spent their time advancing...
Andreas Naumann spent three weeks away from the office in June. He wasn't lying on a beach or hiking in the mountains. He was attending lectures and in one exercise, with only 30 minutes' notice,...
View ArticleNAMA 11 KEY OFFICIALS WHO LEFT THE AGENCY. WHERE THEY ARE NOW
THE resignation of Nama''s head of lending and corporate finance, Graham Emmett, in January 2012 was widely seen as being a turning point for the agency. Respected by Nama officials and developers...
View ArticleThe revival of European CMBS - but not as we knew it
The market is showing signs of revival, but it will be smaller and less diversified than it was at its peak.
View ArticlePositioned for take-off
New entrants continue to join the roster of managers marketing real estate debt fund strategies in Europe.
View ArticleHedge fund raises $200m for regulatory capital arbitrage vehicle
Hedge fund Chenavari Capital has raised more than $200m for a new listed vehicle to help European banks reduce their regulatory capital requirements by transferring risks off their balance sheets.
View ArticleDazzling array of debt funds
The search for income has pushed many into more esoteric investments. We look at the Debt and Global High Income sectors.
View ArticleFunds round up: UBS, Morgan Stanley, Threadneedle and more
Funds round up: UBS, Morgan Stanley, Threadneedle and more
View ArticleCheyne Capital-managed RECI deploys one-third of share placing capital in two...
Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), the listed real estate debt vehicle managed by Cheyne Capital, has already invested around one-third of the £50m raised two weeks ago, as the fund continues to...
View ArticleInvestors tap into 'Indian summer' for non-bank lending funds
As pressure grows on banks to restart lending activities, buyers are warning the window of opportunity on private lending funds may soon be closing, writes Julia Rampen.
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