In the highly competitive hedge fund community, the most productive use of information and data drives success. Managers must efficiently collect and process data to ensure its accuracy.  The old saying, “GIGO” (garbage in-garbage out) is a constant risk. This is particularly true when it comes to unstructured data that is increasingly used in investment analysis and required for accurate investment recordkeeping. 

This year’s hedgeweekLIVE European Emerging Managers Summit concluded with a wide-ranging panel discussion centred on fundraising, with speakers examining some of the ways start-up hedge funds can successfully attract investor money during the challenging capital-raising process.

The Cayman Islands remains the gold standard jurisdiction for start-up and emerging hedge funds when it comes to legal and fund structuring considerations, offering a “tried and tested” environment for new launches, according to speakers on the opening panel of this year’s hedgeweekLIVE European Emerging Managers Summit.

The sweeping changes and far-reaching trade upheaval brought about by Brexit and Covid-19 heralds sizable investment opportunities for hedge fund managers, according to a new study by IG Prime.

Hedge funds are ramping up their negative positions against Hargreaves Lansdown, with the UK retail-focused investment and advisory firm now the most shorted stock among FTSE 100 names, new market data from Ortex Analytics shows.

CTAs and trend-following hedge funds remain on track for their best annual performance since 2014’s landmark performance, with managers continuing profit from continued trends across bonds, equities, indices and commodities markets in the run-up to year-end.

Hedge fund strategies have lagged stock markets and traditional equity/bond portfolios in recent years, driving down management and performance fees – but firms led by women and minorities are pulling ahead of their industry peers when it comes to returns, new data published by Bloomberg shows. 

Launched in September 2019, the Trium ESG Emissions Impact Fund uses a market neutral long/short investment strategy to target high-emitting companies in hard-to-abate sectors – such as energy, mining and chemicals – where successful transformations in the form of decarbonisation and lower CO2 emissions can offer attractive long-term returns.

Cryptocurrency hedge fund Tyr Capital is tapping into growing investor appetite for digital assets with the launch of a new long-only fund next year, after its main multi-strategy vehicle increased assets and scored double-digit returns this year.

Hedge fund managers generated further positive returns across all strategy types in October, which has swelled total global industry assets to a record USD4.04 trillion.