Latest News
The hedge fund industry may witness further investor redemptions in 2017 with twice as many investors intending to reduce rather than increase their exposure to hedge funds through the year.
However, Preqin’s latest survey of over 150 active hedge fund investors finds that some leading strategies are more at risk of redemptions than others. Relative value strategies hedge funds are most sought-after, while twice as many investors plan to reduce their allocations to CTAs as those that intend to increase them.
Two-thirds of investors say that their return expectations had not been met in 2016: just 3 per cent
- 24/02/2017
Sycomore AM has appointed Alexandre Taïeb as fund manager-analyst within the firm’s asset allocation team.
Taïeb (pictured), who will report to Stanislas de Bailliencourt, managing partner, brings expertise in the fields of asset allocation and macroeconomic analysis.
His role will include the implementation of the firm’s investment policy across the discretionary mandate business.
Before joining Sycomore AM, Taïeb served for six years as an analyst at Forward Finance, an investment consultancy firm dedicated to institutional investors. He was responsible for analysing the economic financial news flow and researching interest rates and real estate; he also contributed to the
- 23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
State Street Corporation has identified three elements leaders in financial services will need in order to excel in the new digital era, which it calls the “three Is of data” – integration, integrity and intelligence.
In its latest report, “Finance Reimagined: Finding Long-Term Value in a Digital Age”, based on a global survey of 2,000 investors and 500 investment providers, State Street argues the digital leaders – defined as those using digital technologies to transform their businesses – are excelling in the three Is.
They are doing so by integrating internal and external data; drawing new intelligence from it
- 23/02/2017
HFR reports that total capital invested in Emerging Markets (EM) hedge funds climbed to a record level to begin 2017, as energy commodities and the US dollar posted strong gains. Assets dedicated to EM funds increased to USD200.7 billion (1.38 trillion RMB, 622 billion Brazilian Real, 13.4 trillion Indian Rupee, 11.6 trillion Russian Rouble, 753 billion Saudi Real) to end 4Q16.
For FY 2016, EM hedge fund capital increased by USD9.3 billion, despite net investor outflows of USD4.8 billion. As previously reported by HFR, total hedge fund assets globally increased by USD121.6 billion in 2016, ending the year at USD3.02
- 23/02/2017
Reg-Room has launched Reg-Impact, a technology solution designed to help banks, broker-dealers, advisers, insurers and hedge funds monitor rule and regulatory changes, allowing them to assess the impact on their organisations and create implementation plans and reports.
Reg-Impact helps to manage rules and regulatory assessments and compliance for an organisation on a real-time basis. It creates a forward-looking calendar and implementation plan for rules that require internal action to ensure effective compliance.
The rules are easily searchable by keyword or multiple filters including regulator, country, region, date-range and by type of legal entity, financial product or firm function.
- 23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Seabury Global Markets (SGM), a subsidiary of Seabury Capital and a provider of FX liquidity management and trade execution solutions, has teamed with Spotex and SBI FX Co to launch a suite of electronic forex products.
SGM has been selected by BYFX, the trading name of SBI FX Co, which recently launched a new leveraged foreign exchange business in Hong Kong, to be the end-to-end technology partner supplying a full suite of tools and functionality that covers ECN and peer-to-peer liquidity, back office systems, margin and credit modules along with other crucial components such as white label trading front end
- 23/02/2017
RiverNorth Capital Management, a boutique investment management firm specialising in opportunistic strategies, has appointed Greg Uythoven as an institutional portfolio specialist.
In this role, Uythoven (pictured) is responsible for supporting the investment management team by serving as a liaison between RiverNorth’s portfolio managers and institutional investor base.
“Greg is a highly accomplished executive, with deep asset management industry experience, strong institutional relationships and a demonstrated ability to meet client needs,” says Brian Schmucker, chief executive officer of RiverNorth. “We are confident he will be a valuable addition to our portfolio specialist team and we look forward to his contributions
- 23/02/2017
Five of the six IndexIQ Hedge Indices were positive in January, with the IQ Hedge Event Drive Index up 1.7 per cent and the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index up 1.17 per cent.
The IQ Hedge Global Macro Index, which had declined slightly in December, bounced back to return 1.34 per cent in January.
The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Index was the sole decliner, dropping 0.02 per cent.
"The so-called 'Trump' market marched on in January, while international stocks had an additional tailwind following a drop in the dollar, also inspired by the President," says Salvatore Bruno, IndexIQ's chief
- 23/02/2017
Institutional investors are looking for exposure to an ever-widening range of alternative asset classes, with half now holding allocations to three or more, according to Preqin’s H1 2017 Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets.
Preqin reports that 9 per cent of institutions invest in all six alternative asset classes, a fifth have exposure to five or more, and over a third (34 per cent) invest in four or more.
This represents a notable increase over the past 12 months: a year ago, only a quarter of respondents invested in at least four asset classes, and just 13 per cent had exposure
- 23/02/2017
Mirabaud Securities has enhanced its execution offering by launching a new electronic trading platform designed to provide efficient solutions compatible with advent of the new requirements imposed by MiFID II.
Employing a wholly unbiased routing infrastructure, Mirabaud has integrated its market structure expertise into the core of its proprietary liquidity seeking strategies.
“MiFID II has introduced an entirely new set of obstacles for our clients, particularly in the areas of execution and liquidity management,” says Jason Rand (pictured), global head of trading at Mirabaud Securities. “Innovation is crucial in this environment and we have made it our top priority
- 22/02/2017
Special Reports
FeatureD
- Intel
- April 24, 2024
- Intel
- April 23, 2024
- Intel
- April 22, 2024
- Intel
- April 19, 2024
- Intel
- April 18, 2024
- Intel
- April 17, 2024
- Intel
- April 16, 2024
- Intel
- April 15, 2024
