The Managed Funds Association has formed an alliance with the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, a regional hedge fund association representing 150 member firms with operations in Connecticut. The new relationship allows MFA to broaden its educational efforts and continue unifying
The hedge fund industry has continued its recovery from the financial crisis of 2008 by posting the strongest gains since 1999, according to Hedge Fund Research. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 20.1 per cent in 2009, just one
Institutional investors in Europe plan to reallocate their portfolios in the next 12 months adding equities and alternative investments at the expense of developed market sovereign debt, says AllianzGI. A new survey has found that, like their global peers, around 30 per
Asset Control, a provider of financial data management solutions, enjoyed a record year for client signings in 2009 and completed a programme of new products and enhancements. The firm added more new clients in 2009 than any other year on
Hedge funds lost 0.24 per cent in April, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 1.14 per cent in 2014. “Intra-month volatility in global equity markets proved troublesome for equity long/short funds
Hedge fund assets under management have reached an all-time high of USD2.938 trillion, according to eVestment’s April 2014 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The previous high was set in Q2 2008 just a few months before the height of the
Panthera Solutions, an alternative investment consultancy in Monte Carlo, is offering its European customers premium access to the world’s most renowned hedge funds. Until now, investing in top managers was almost impossible for smaller insurance companies, regional banks and HNWIs.
Over 70 per cent of AlphaClone’s 3,100 simulated hedge fund clone portfolios beat the S&P 500 market index in 2009, with over half outperforming by ten percentage points or more. Leveraging the publicly disclosed stock picks of the world’s top
The Alternative Investments Conference organised by the London School of Economics private equity society and financial markets group has attracted unprecedented interest among students and financial institutions with over six top-level students competing for each place available. Despite the fact
Triple A Partners, an Asian and emerging markets alternative fund company in the seeding and distribution business, will partner with Sparx Asset Management to help it develop and supplement its marketing and distribution activities outside of Japan. With its regulatory
