New hedge fund launches continue to outnumber closures this year, new industry data shows.
Hedge funds and other alternative asset managers have just three months left to prepare for the Investment Firms Prudential Regime, the far-reaching new regulatory framework which potentially heralds “complex and multi-faceted” compliance processes for firms.
Funds of hedge funds generated an average gain of 4.2 per cent during the first six months of the year, outflanking long/short equity hedge funds and convertible arbitrage strategies, with larger portfolios pulling ahead of the pack as bigger proved
Over the past four years, high-net-worth investors have shown a preference for multi-strat specialists, as allocators search for hedge fund strategies capable of better controlling risks and locking-in returns.
Hedge fund short sellers betting against Cineworld have seen their bearish positions tank after the global cinema chain’s share price rocketed on the back of the new James Bond movie release.
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. New data published by BarclayHedge shows total industry assets have now mushroomed to USD4.4 trillion, with hedge funds raking in USD18.3 billion of new inflows from allocators during July, as
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.
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.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc, a global Fintech leader, has announced the successful go-live of its transformative distributed ledger repo (DLR) platform. Early participants of the blockchain-enabled platform are realising significant and immediate benefits of reduced risk, operational costs and enhanced
