All Salus Alpha funds recorded positive returns in April with the Salus Alpha Managed Futures fund leading the way with performance of +7.04% for the month, outperforming the S&P 500 Index by +4.19%. The fund’s performance was also 6.07% better
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 0.44% in November. Year-to-date performance as of November 2011 is -6.26%. The top performing strategies over the month were Lyxor L/S Equity Market Neutral Index (+0.77%), Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+0.66%) and
NewAlpha 4 Genesis has completed its first closing of USD150 million raised from French and Swiss institutional investors. NewAlpha Asset Management is considering a final closing in late July 2011 with an asset target of USD250 million. The fund aims
Emerging managers expect their hedge funds to achieve gains of 10% or more in 2012, according to the GAIM USA Survey of Emerging Hedge Fund Managers. The survey of 90 emerging managers (defined as having USD250 million or less in assets
BlackRock has made its family of money market funds available to Euroclear Bank’s clients, enabling them to re-invest cash received as collateral in triparty transactions managed by Euroclear Bank. Re-investing cash collateral is a frequent challenge in this type of
Aimed at investors who want to profit from and have a portfolio hedge from rising energy prices, MarketRiders (www.marketriders.com) is offering its own all-Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) energy hedge fund. The MarketRiders Energy Hedge Portfolio (http://www.marketriders.com/energy-hedge-portfolio ) provides greater
US institutional investor interest is turning to alternative mutual funds and away from hedge funds, according to the fifth annual alternative investment survey carried out by Morningstar and Barron’s. "Alternative mutual funds and ETFs have grown in breadth and
Arden Asset Management is to assume the management of Robeco Group’s USD1.3 billion fund of hedge funds business, Robeco-Sage, effective 1 October, 2011. Averell Mortimer, Arden’s President and Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are very excited about this transaction and
FRM, Man Group’s fund of hedge fund division, has formed a strategic relationship with CommEq Asset Management which involves FRM making a seed allocation to CommEq and helping CommEq launch an institutional asset management business. CommEq seeks out previously
Institutional fund managers have undertaken a dramatic shift to direct hedge fund investing following the global financial crisis, according to a new survey from Citi Prime Finance. The survey, “Global Pensions and Sovereign Wealth Funds Investment in Hedge Funds:
