IAI Review.org » Archive for July 2010
Wilmington Trust veteran joins Silver Bridge
Silver Bridge, a wealth advisory firm affiliated with the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has nominated Kevin M. Fretz as client adviser in the firm’s Mid-Atlantic office. Fretz, who has 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry, joins Silver Bridge from Wilmington Family Office, the multi-family office subsidiary of Wilmington Trust Company. He will be working closely with his former colleague, Benjamin Ledyard, who joined as regional director in 2009, and … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Job & Careers
AIC board appoints Sarah Bates as next chairman
The board of the Association of Investment Companies has elected Sarah Bates to be the new chairman succeeding Carol Ferguson. Bates will take up her new role from 24 January 2011 following the completion of Ferguson’s three years in office. Bates has been on the AIC’s board since December 2006 and was elected as deputy chairman in January 2008. She has also been involved in various other AIC committees including chairing the SORP review working party, … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Job & Careers
Ireland looks at opportunities in global regulation focus
For Ireland, the headlines over the past three years may have screaming about crashing property prices and floundering domestic banks, but beneath the country’s genuine economic difficulties one of its biggest success stories, international financial services, has survived the financial crisis and economic downturn in good shape. Now, for the fund services sector in particular, the pendulum seems to be swinging back from threat to opportunity. True, the industry has had to grapple with the sharp … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments
EUROPEAN DATA RUNNING THE SHOW
As the German and UK 10 year yields continue to gain relative to their US counterparts, it’s important to highlight the fact that EUR and GBP are more positively correlated to their respective bond yields than is USD to the yields of the 10-year note. … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments
Aviva to present mutual fund-structured product hybrid
Aviva is launching a fund in the US that operates as a cross between a mutual fund and a structured product, combining liquidity and capital protection. Aviva Investors in the US has announced plans to launch a fund that tracks the performance of four exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with capital protection provided by the purchase of US Treasuries. The Multi-Asset Preservation (Map) 2015 Fund will open for investment on August 30. The fund works like a … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Hedge Funds


