Brummer & Partners’ flagship multi-strategy hedge fund vehicle ended last month in marginally positive territory, as solid gains made by its systematic trend-following managers were set against hefty losses in its fixed income relative value exposures, which were hit by short-term interest rate surges in Sweden.

Lazard Asset Management has unveiled a new long/short credit UCITS hedge fund which trades investment grade, crossover, and high-yield bonds in Europe and North America.

CTAs and trend-following hedge funds have strengthened their returns as October draws to a close, with recent gains pushing the sub-sector’s year-to-date returns further into double-digit territory.

Boston-headquartered Invenomic Capital Management has launched a new UCITS version of its US-focused long/short equities strategy. 

As the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) begins in Glasgow this weekend, hedge fund managers remain evenly split over the incorporation of ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors and sustainability metrics into their investment processes, according to a new poll.

Man GLG, the discretionary hedge fund unit of London-headquartered global asset management giant Man Group, now holds the largest number of short positions against UK-listed stocks, followed by Marshall Wace and BlackRock, according to new industry data.

In mid-January 2022, South Florida will host thousands of alternative investment fund managers and investors attending multiple capital introduction conferences. Gaining the Edge, one of the industry’s prominent thought leaders and event organisers, has announced a strategy to improve networking across these multiple events while raising money for charities that benefit at risk youth. 

The recent steady flow of new investor capital into hedge funds this year could be showing signs of slowing down, with less than half of managers (44 per cent) seeing positive inflows in September, according to new eVestment research.

According to new research (1) from quant technologies provider SigTech, 70 per cent of pension funds and other institutional investors believe demand for custom portfolio solutions will increase strongly. 

Total hedge fund industry assets have swelled to almost USD4 trillion globally, a rise of nearly USD370 billion since the start of this year, according to new capital flows data.