Gold prices ran up to USD1,032.70 per oz in March 2008, following fears of inflation as oil prices ran up to USD147 per barrel. Following the credit crunch, gold subsequently fell to a low of USD682.41 in October 2008. It
The Morningstar MSCI Composite AW Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge funds in the Morningstar Hedge Fund database, increased 0.1 per cent in April. The S&P 500, meanwhile, rose 0.7 per cent while the small-cap Russell
Och-Ziff Capital Management has reported a GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2009 of USD47.2m, or USD0.58 per basic and diluted class A share, and USD297.4m, or USD3.79 per basic and diluted class
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Premier Natural Resources have formed a partnership to pursue investments in oil and gas properties in North America. The relationship between KKR and PNR dates back to 2008 when they first worked together to evaluate investments
The pressing issues within the Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) sector will take centre stage at a Guernsey Finance-hosted thought leadership event in Zurich next month. The event, ILS Insight, takes place at the Park Hyatt Zurich on 2 July and
The DMX – Directional Markets Index heads the list of investable Alternative Investment Indices with a return of 0.18 per cent in February. The indices are provided by Alternative-Index and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The DMX outperformed the
The Order Machine (TOM) has launched The NL20 Index, a Dutch total return index that reflects the real performance of the 20 largest listed companies in the Netherlands. The key principles of the NL20 Index are transparency, predictability, efficiency, continuity
Mirabaud Asset Management has launched the Global Equity High Income Fund with assets in excess of USD25m following a six-month incubation period. It is a sub-fund of the Mirabaud Luxembourg Sicav. The fund will be managed by Kirill Pyshkin
Adept Capital Partners’ Early Stage Asia Fund recorded a 14.9 per cent increase in value in 2009 with a sharpe ratio of 2.08 for the year. This makes it a top quartile performer in Asian fund of hedge funds over
Local hedge funds were able to offer investors significantly lower volatility than equity funds in 2009, according to the latest Blue Ink All South African Hedge Fund Composite, which tracks the performance of around 100 hedge funds in South Africa.
