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Acquisitions May Not Change Fundamentals of Fund Administration Business
By Staff WriterMainstream companies have been buying hedge fund administrators, but the latter continue to function much as they did before. "Consolidation is not the same as acquisition," said Dermot Butler, chairman of Custom House in Dublin, an administrator that has remained freestanding. "What's happening is that large administrators are adding on...
April 08, 2005
Managers' Income Varies Widely over TimeNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Total fee earnings as a percentage of assets under management by hedge funds ranged from a high of 9.8% in 1991 to a low of 1.9% in 2002, according to estimates by Alexander Ineichen of UBS AG. For 2004, managers' profitability was middle of the range, at 5.5%....
April 08, 2005
Japanese Regulators Study Hedge FundsHedge fund interest in Japanese markets continues to increase, as does that of local regulators who want to know exactly what impact hedge funds are having on the investment landscape.
April 04, 2005
MetLife Agrees To $1.72 Billion Building SaleA giant New York insurer has announced its second mammoth real estate deal in less than a week.[@@]The insurer, MetLife Inc., has agreed to ...
April 01, 2005
Investing in the American DreamMy uncle, a dyed-in-the-wool apartment-renting Brooklynite, was arguing with my parents, suggesting they were fools for having bought a house and paying all that money...
March 30, 2005
AIG Announces Second 10-K DelayNU Online News Service, March 30, 2005, 10:17 a.m. ESTAmerican International Group Inc., New York, says its shareholders' equity may fall as much as ...
March 30, 2005
Efforts To Shape Producer Fiduciary Model ContinueEfforts To Shape Producer Fiduciary Model ContinuebyA producers fiduciary responsibility continues to get attention as state insurance regulators develop a model law that would offer ...
March 29, 2005
Volatility Up, Leverage Down; Barclays Economists Expect Turning PointNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Plenty of liquidity with no threat of inflation, a circumstance that was useful to some hedge funds in the past two years, can no longer be expected. But changes in the economy may be beneficial to other strategies. Consumer price index data released today confirmed that prices are...