The last couple of months have seen two global institutions step up their game in the prime brokerage arena – namely HSBC and JP Morgan. The former launched in Europe at the end of last year, and this June decided
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the Broad Index) finished November down 0.79%. Of the ten sub-strategies that make up the broad index, only three saw positive returns during the month – Equity Market Neutral (0.09%); Fixed Income
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P Emerging Markets Domestic Demand Index, which is designed to measure the performance of companies that capture a major engine of growth within the emerging markets – domestic demand. To qualify for membership
India was the first country in Asia to raise rates to moderate the domestic effects of commodity inflation and the global economic recovery. Now that inflation has stabilized, India now looks to be first country to stop raising its policy
Stock markets remained severely depressed and registered double-digit negative performance (-10.65 per cent) in a context of very high volatility (46.35 per cent) in February, according
Hedge fund performance was down for the second month in a row, with a 1.04% loss in June according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date the Index is up just 1.02%. “After eight straight months
Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the last 17 years according to a new study by The Centre for Hedge Fund Research at Imperial College in London. The research, commissioned by KPMG,
Reducing the UK’s national debt should be Chancellor George Osborne’s priority in 2014, according to a survey carried out by the Chartered Institute for Securities Investment (CISI). Of 490 respondents, some 62 per cent believe that putting the country’s finances
Andrew Morris (pictured), managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and their clients, comments on the Eurozone crisis and the threat it poses to the UK… Is it true that the UK is
Hedge fund industry consolidation continued through the end of 2008, with a record number of hedge funds liquidating in the fourth quarter, according to data released by Hedge Fund Rese
