risk management

Behind the hullabaloo of its Ucits industry and the emerging AIFMD sector, Luxembourg is building a third 'pillar' based on...

Risk profiles of alternative investment funds are completely different than those for Ucits products. This is an issue vital to...

Asset managers need the help of asset servicers as the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, Ucits V and a whole...

La Mutuelle Generale, one of France's largest mutual insurance providers, has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services for custody of its...

Developments in the CSD market could see new entrants, changed business models and more competition. Nicholas Pratt looks for potential...

It's no surprise that regulation will again dominate the agenda at the spring conference of the Luxembourg funds association. We...

Common risk measures provide little information about causes of risk in portfolios. Lionel Martellini and Romain Deguest, of the Edhec-Risk...

Most asset owners have some misalignment in their real estate policy benchmarks giving them an inaccurate view of exposures, says...

Long-only investment managers could use hedge fund short-selling data as a sign post for stock prices, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds....

Stimulated by the lasting effects of the global financial crisis, regulators around the world have discovered a new-found fever for...