As hedge funds continue to ride out cryptocurrencies’ volatility, new industry research suggests larger institutional investors remain reluctant to pile into digital assets in any meaningful sense, despite the strong returns generated by managers this year.
Global hedge fund industry assets are surging to record levels.
Man GLG, the discretionary investing unit of London-listed global alternative investment giant Man Group, has launched a new sustainability-focused long/short equity hedge fund which will trade across regions and sectors with a positive ESG bias.
High-net-worth clients from in and around the Southern United States are continuing to favour allocations to an array of niche credit strategies, according to a Dallas-based investment advisor.
The recent surge in natural gas prices is helping to generate eye-catching returns for Drury Capital, the long-running US trend-following hedge fund firm led by former grain trader Bernard Drury.
EJF Capital, which invests long-only and long/short in both equities and credit across the financial services spectrum, believes it is well-placed to navigate the evolving investment landscape, as inflation looms large over markets and the European Central Bank begins winding down its emergency bond-buying pandemic support programme.
Nippon Active Value, a Japan-focused activist fund strategy, has pushed through a management buyout of Sakai Ovex, a Fukui-based dye and textiles company, following an almost year-long engagement campaign, generating a 102.5 per cent return on the position.
Following HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) recently published manual on cryptoassets, Stephen Kenny from Blick Rothenberg’s Financial Services team provides guidance on what they are, how they’re used and how they’re treated for tax purposes.
The traditional relationship between Momentum and Value factors is becoming increasingly blurred as the Covid-19 pandemic has upended equity markets, according to Unigestion.
Hedge funds are attracting greater numbers of ‘first-time’ allocators, with “unusual amounts” of fresh investors showing an interest in the space, according to London-based investment consultant, bfinance.
Publicly-traded hedge fund giant Man Group’s funds under management have soared to a record high, powered by a mix of bumper returns across its strategies and renewed investor inflows – helping swell the London-headquartered firm’s profits during the first half of 2021.
Altana Wealth, the multi-strategy hedge fund led by former Trafalgar Asset Managers co-founder Lee Robinson, has launched a new carbon futures-focused strategy which aims to capitalise on the rising costs of carbon credits within the European Union.
