In recent years, there have been an increasing number of pensions and other institutional investors who have expressed interest or started investing in women and minority owned investment companies. Indeed, such investing is now mandated for public pension plans by
Hedge funds gained 1.32% in April according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date the Index is up 3.24%. “Higher prices for equities and bonds in April provided an accommodating environment for most hedge fund strategies,” says
Replication strategies have gained in popularity as investors increasingly are looking to capture the benefits of hedge fund investing while avoiding their associated high fees, opacity of process and holdings, and low levels of liquidity. This is according to a
FRM Sigma, the CTA fund of funds managed by Financial Risk Management (FRM), has seen its assets double in the last twelve months, reaching nearly USD700 million at the end of April 2011. Based on the current rate of inflows,
Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index were positive 1.36% in June. "Investors remain committed to hedge funds despite volatility in many markets,” says Hans Hufschmid, chief executive officer, GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.). The GlobeOp Capital
The number of emerging markets hedge funds reached a record high in quarter two 2012, overcoming the headwinds of volatile performance and investor redemptions, according to the latest HFR Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Industry Report from Hedge Fund Research. The
Funds managed by CB Asset Management will from now on be marketed under the name CB Funds (CB Fonder in Swedish) with a new website www.cbfonder.se. The company is an independent asset manager and offers its concept through three
Now in its seventh year, London-based Winton has delivered consistently
The hedge fund industry pulled in USD17.5 billion (1.0% of assets) in April 2011, the fourth straight inflow, according to TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge. Industry assets increased to USD1.8 trillion, the highest level since October 2008. “Flows are doubtless following
