Hedge funds gained 1.91 per cent in May, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based BarclayHedge, which reported that the only losing strategy last month w
Early estimates for the very volatile month of August show broad hedge fund industry performance somewhere in the –3 to –5% range, while the IQ Hedge Composite Beta Index, IndexIQ’s broadest hedge fund replication index, finished August down –1.10%.
London-based IKOS has launched offshore and onshore variants of its Financial strategy. The new funds are systematic global macro, aime
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has significantly broadened its product range in UK Covered Warrants by adding 58 new warrants to its offering.
Pioneer Investments has gained approval from the German regulator (BaFIN) to sell a German-domiciled fund of hedge funds product to the retail market.
Florian Hach of ehedge AG, Frankfurt, outlines the obstacles that are yet to be overcome in the nascent German hedge funds market. Six
JCClark, manager of The Preservation Trust, one of Canada’s largest and oldest hedge funds, is to open additional capacity by advising a new Canadian equity long/short fund.
John R.Taylor, Jr., Chief Investment Officer, FX Concepts, Inc. examines the global impact of rising US interest rates and forecasts the decline of the dollar.
Index provider and adviser to hedge fund investors Hennessee Group has reported that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gained 2.21 per cent in May, but remains fract
