It has been written so many times that the digital world has been advanced by about 5 years by the pandemic. As an initial source of information...

The assets of the business go in and out of the lift every day when they come to work (or stay at home) . The liabilities stay behind.

Anyone who is investing is not going to do so just for a year so these are some of my key thoughts that dominate my own thinking in where to invest.

For the uninitiated 11/11 is described in China as Singles Day. The date representing single people in Chinese characters. Alibaba has developed this day to create the biggest under reported Shopping Day of the year in the West....

None of us get any younger and we all think we are immortal. However, as we all know, we are not immortal...

There are no AGM’s on Cayman Island Funds - Q: Why Not?...

Its taken the FCA to point out in their June 27th consultation paper that there are 192 Fund Management Companies in the UK who manage Funds without any Independent Corporate Governance to review their practices....

I spent part of last night’s celebration party in the Isle of Man (IQE becoming the first people on the Island to become members of The International Stock Exchange) talking to an Insolvency Practitioner...

I suspect it was the title of this review Shining a Light on Shadow Searches by einvestment which first grabbed my attention....

One of the consequences of the introduction of the AIFMD rules the first time and now the second time around has been to emphasise the role of the Board’s oversight role....

I read the outline of a recent study by the New World Wealth Report from South Africa which pointed out in the last year some 82,000 millionaires had moved their residency....

One of the questions raised at the Zurich session of Start up Hedge Funds recently was aimed at the panel I sat on which discussed various pitfalls of early stage business building...

Like many I was totally taken off guard by the Brexit vote. However maybe not as much as the chattering political class who are currently looking to regroup in order to legitimize what has happened. In many cases I suspect the leadership questions will be small fry against the reselection/ selection process for the next election...

I have spent the first half of this year settling into a permanent base in Devon and spending two days a week in London (well three this week). Meanwhile the world has continued to deflate...

On Tuesday, 23rd June 2015, AIMA will hold its third annual Next Generation Manager Forum. The holding of this event comes at a time when the hedge fund industry is expanding and evolving rapidly....

Like many others my daughter suffers from Hay Fever. This is a great pity as on occasions it has stopped her and us enjoying some very fine barbecues in....

The oncoming train in the tunnel is coming from the East Reflections on the AIMA Next Generation Managers Conference 23rd June 2015....

Last week I participated on a panel at a start up Hedge Fund Conference in London and also fielded a number of questions elsewhere on establishing a Fund Brand....

I have recently contributed in the update of the Fund Directors Guide published by AIMA on 29th April 2015 for Non-Executive Directors (NED). The initial version was published early in 2008 and I hope the new version ....

I was recently struck by a comment made from an obituary for the late cricket commentator Richie Benaud on what he said to his fellow commentators “ Put your brain into gear and if you can add to what is on the screen, then do it. Otherwise, shut up"....

Starting off in an independent business at the turn of the Century saw a totally different landscape to now. As an industry the boutique fund management world, in all its forms, has gone from being a cottage industry for friends and family....

The easy money fuelled world is still only just perceptively growing and that the inherent problems are not being fully addressed. We react to a crisis by trying...

The inflated balloon which are the world markets are starting to see some of the air come out of them....

11/11 as by now most will know is the major sales day by Alibaba in China. So I suspect you might know that much but what do you really know what went on and what it meant...

I recently attended the ABN AMRO Conference in Amsterdam. This was divided into two parts. The first day was a lesson from experts on the 10 big lessons from their field on starting and managing an Alternate Investment Fund which was aimed as a practical guide to managers....

I was fortunate enough to have not made it to University but started my career at night school learning and passing the London Stock Exchange Exams...