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Morning Line-Up: Bonds in demand, Newcits help for hedgies

Claire Milhench

Sep 15, 2010 07:01 UTC

News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

Credit Suisse tales stake in hedge fund York Capital - Reuters

Silicon Valley venture fund aims for China deals - Reuters

Investors buy bonds despite bubble fears - Fund Strategy

SEB Enskilda offers one stop shop for hedgies’ UCITS funds - HedgeWeek

Cheyne Capital on leverage…

Joel Dimmock

Sep 13, 2010 14:37 UTC

cheyne capital | eu | hedge funds | leverage

European lawmakers are watering down their proposals for an across-the-board cap on hedge fund leverage, says Cheyne Capital Chief Investment Officer Chris Goekjian.

Unstable, greedy, selfish….

Joel Dimmock

Sep 13, 2010 12:10 UTC

barry olliff | bonuses | city of london investment | Funds | pay

Not the words ringing in my ears as I leave for work every morning, but City of London Investment CEO Barry Olliff’s take on the UK financial sector.

Olliff is taking his company from AIM and onto the main market next month and the new governance guidelines which will apply to the firm as a result have sparked a frank assessment. Take it away, Barry:

Morning line-up: Fees, realities and Aussies

Joel Dimmock

Sep 13, 2010 05:58 UTC

Australia | fees | Funds | terry smith

News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

Back to life; back to reality – FT

Terry Smith: fund manager – Guardian

Good fees? bad fund… – MarketWatch

Aussie funds face regulatory squeeze – SMH

Franklin Templeton hauls in the flows – Lipper

Morning line-up: Harvard, Japan and bubbles

Joel Dimmock

Sep 10, 2010 08:19 UTC

News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

We still like cash – Reuters

The Twitterati take

Harvard SWF prop. deal on ice – Bloomberg

…while other prop. buyers head for Japan – Reuters

Know your bubbles – AllAboutAlpha

Morning line-up: Trust funds, luck and etiquette

Joel Dimmock

Sep 9, 2010 06:42 UTC

child trust funds | eifuku | hedge funds | korea | SWFs

News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:

Rallying cry for Child Trust Funds – AP

Korean SWF looks for partnerships – Reuters

Stay Lucky – HFMWeek

Poor hedgies – Reuters

Out-of-office assistant etiquette – WSJ

Agriculture funds make hay…

Joel Dimmock

Sep 8, 2010 10:34 UTC

There’s potash in them thar hills… and maybe sometime soon we’ll be wondering aloud whether potassium carbonate (thanks: Wikipedia) can push on to $2,000 per ounce. In the meantime, the buzz around fertiliser stocks has driven agriculture funds to some eye-catching outperformance.

We’ve taken a look at performance in August among equity funds available to buy in Britain. Stuart Winchester’s Thai equities fund is putting others in the shade, and a few gold funds are dotted about near the top of the rankings, but we liked the story behind the agri funds’ outperformance, riding on the back of a wave of M&A activity. You can read the story here.