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iShares creates first suite of corporate credit quality ETFs
BlackRock’s iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business has launched the first suite of corporate credit quality ETFs. The new iShares ETFs are the iShares Baa — Ba Rated Corporate Bond Fund (bats:QLTB) and the iShares B — Ca Rated Corporate Bond Fund (bats:QLTC). The two new funds are the first ETFs designed to offer precise exposure to specific credit quality segments of the U.S. corporate debt market. Today’s launch follows the February debut of the iShares … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, ETFs
RBC Wealth Management expands Jersey investments team
RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), has appointed Eva Wrona as Director, Investment Solutions and Howard Phillips as an Investment Advisor in the Offshore Advisory team. Wrona has overall responsibility for investment and client management within the recently launched Portfolio Construction and Manager Research (PCMR) service line. This new capability is designed to enhance RBC Wealth Management’s investment consulting proposition for clients, by leveraging the skills and expertise … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Job & Careers
Rubin joins Midwood
Howard B Rubin, CFA, has joined Midwood Capital Management LLC, as chief operating officer and managing member. Midwood Capital Management LLC, established in 2003, manages Midwood Capital Partners, LP a value-driven, small-cap and micro-cap focused Investment Partnership. “I am very pleased to be joining David Cohen and Ross DeMont at Midwood Capital Management,” says Rubin. “They have done an excellent job since 2003 of producing attractive returns with modest net exposure and low correlation to traditional market … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Business Opportunities - Global Investments
3rd Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & CEE
19 – 20 June 2012 Location: UK, London, 5* Sofitel Hotel St.James Organization: Global Director’s Forum Welcome to GDF’s III Russia (CIS) – CEE Private Equity Convention – the invitation-only networking event, which is exclusively designed for leading International Investors and Limited Partners (LPs) to meet the highest-quality General Partners (GPs) operating in Russia, CIS and Europe.The aim of this meeting – is to bring together leading names from the region so they could explore the possibilities, exchange … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Private Equity
HEDGE FUNDS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORMED EQUITIES, BONDS AND COMMODITIES OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS
Research commissioned by KPMG and AIMA measured performance, volatility and risk from 1994 to 2011 London – April 24, 2012 – Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the last 17 years according to a new study by The Centre for Hedge Fund Research at Imperial College in London. The research, commissioned by KPMG, the international audit, tax and advisory firm, and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the … Read more »
It is in : Alternative Investments, Hedge Funds
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