Luxembourg’s funds industry enjoyed a good period of growth last year, a period during which assets under management grew, on average by 15 per cent, asset flows grew by 5 per cent, profits grew by 10 per cent, while margins were broadly maintained somewhere close to 37 per cent.  »

December saw the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) make its final report on its Investment Consultant Market Investigation, studying the relationship between asset managers and consultants in the UK. »

EmergeVest, an active investor in business services, particularly international supply chain opportunities, spanning logistics and related technology around the world, has recently announced the creation of EV Cargo. »

Robert Gelb of family-focused intelligent messaging start-up Kindaba writes on the challenges and triumphs facing the modern entrepreneur… »

EG Capital Advisors’ EG Life Sciences Fund 1 Ltd, which launched in May 2017, has recently won two awards for its high performance, having achieved a return of 15.74 per cent in 2017 and 24.98 per cent in 2018, despite a gruelling October which saw the fund lose 25.39 per cent in a month.  »

Diminishing regulatory barriers in the legal cannabis market are creating access to potentially transformative treatments for a range of illnesses, as evidenced by the recent landmark case of Carly Barton – the UK’s first patient to receive a medical cannabis prescription for chronic pain condition fibromyalgia – as well as a host of new investment opportunities. »

With an annualised return since 2011 of 12.95 per cent placing it in the top decile of fixed income hedge fund performance tables, LNG Capital’s Europa Credit Fund is beginning to attract the attention of institutional investors alongside its traditional client base of funds of funds, family offices, private banks and high net worth investors. Global Fund Media’s Beverly Chandler talks tactics with managing partner and CIO Louis Gargour… »