Societe Generale Prime Services reports that all SG CTA indices posted positive returns in December 2016 at the end of what it describes as a difficult quarter. However, the SG CTA Index closed the year slightly negative at -2.86 per
Smaller hedge fund managers will continue to outperform during 2017, according to Don Steinbrugge Managing partrner of Agecroft partners, who has revealed what he sees as being the top hedge fund industry trends for the coming year. Steinbrugge highlights that, year to date
Managed accounts are proving to be an effective tool for institutions to better control fee structures in hedge funds. What’s more, by building customised mandates using carve-outs of managers’ strategies, investors are able to enjoy a better investment experience that
ING Capital Markets has launched a synthetic prime brokerage platform to provide global, cross-asset portfolio swap products offering the functionality of a traditional prime brokerage service. "We offer the flexibility of a multi-asset portfolio swap which is operationally efficient, streamlined
Alpha UCITS has boosted assets on its Alpha UCITS Platform, passing the USD0.75 billion mark this month. Distribution is, to many managers, the key attraction of using UCITS platforms and Alpha UCITS has been a leading UCITS placement agent for
Kettera Strategies has expanded its Hydra global macro, FX, and commodity managed account marketplace with the launch of Hydra Global Hedge, offering access to equity-based hedge fund strategies. “The new Hydra Global Hedge marketplace was built to answer the challenges investors
Peel Hunt, an independent corporate broking, advisory and trading house focusing on mid & small-cap companies, is expanding its use of Torstone Technology’s Inferno post-trade securities and derivatives processing platform, for its US business, Peel Hunt Inc. In signing a
Man Group’s trading statement for third quarter 2017 revealed funds under management of USD103.5 billion, up 28 per cent year to date from a 30 June figure of USD95.9 billion. The largest publicly listed hedge fund saw the quarterly net
Quaero Capital is strengthening its European and worldwide distribution capability with agreement from Allfunds Bank to make Quaero Capital funds available on its global platform. The move will see Quaero Capital’s range of SICAV sub-funds made immediately available, where its
Non-bank Prime Services brokerage Invast Global and non-bank market maker, XTX Markets, have announced a partnership whereby Invast Global clients will now be able to access XTX Markets’ liquidity via the Invast Global multi-asset prime services facility, PurePrime. Such a partnership illustrates the rapidly
