Women-owned or managed hedge funds and private equity funds continue to outperform their male counterparts, but 73.5 per cent of investors anticipate that allocations will remain the same in 2014. That is one of the findings of Women in Alternative
Zombie funds continue to plague the hedge fund world and are gradually extending their reach into the private equity market notes Jonathan Sablone (pictured), founder and chairperson, Nixon Peabody’s Private Funds Dispute Group. As Reuters alluded to recently, data provided
Alternative multi-manager Ermitage Group, which runs USD2.8bn in assets, has launched a niche fund of hedge funds to capitalise on the growing interest and public awareness surrounding env
Standard & Poor’s Fund Services, a provider of qualitative fund management ratings, has launched the latest edition of its Funds of Hedge Funds Directory, a bi-annual review of the sec
Cor Financial’s Salerio has published a whitepaper examining how automation in appropriate business critical areas of hedge funds operations can deliver meaningful commercial advantages. Operational due diligence (ODD) is an increasingly important element in the decision making process of institutional
The five sub funds of TriAlpha Investment Advisors’ TriAlpha Alternative Strategy Unit Trust have been approved as restricted recognised schemes fo
Harcourt Investment Consulting has been appointed as advisor to Bank Sarasin’s fund of hedge funds platform in a strategic partnership launched when Harcourt advised Sarasin on its Torneo
Hedge funds gained in average nearly 1 per cent last month despite an equity market dip that saw all three of the best known US stock market indices in decline for the month, according to
Legg Mason Global Asset Management has launched Permal Hedge Strategies Fund, a fixed income focused multi-manager, multi strategy fund of hedge funds. The Fund invests in a broad range of fixed income strategies, employing flexible asset allocation and moving capital
Toronto-based Dynamic Funds has announced the launch of a hedge fund of funds, the Dynamic Alternative Opportunities Fund, which offers Canadian retail investors access to a basket of the
