Ingrid Neitsch, a portfolio advisor with FRM Credit Alpha, says that while last month saw a return of liquidity to the credit markets, the environment remains fragile and more risk-adverse

Deutsche Bank is continuing to expand its Global Prime Finance franchise with the creation of a European-focused team to concentrate on marketing prime brokerage, synthetic finance and sec

Kuwait-based Global Investment House has launched the Global Islamic Fund of Funds, an open-ended fund of funds investing in local and international Shari’a compliant funds, including hedg

Hedgemedia.com has launched the world’s largest portal for jobs in the alternative investments sector – hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds – at Hedgemedia.com has launched the world’s largest portal for jobs in the alternative investments sector

Hedge funds lost 0.54 per cent in August, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.   The index has a positive return of 5.22 per cent year to date.   “Uncertainty over the Fed’s tapering timeline and

The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.54 per cent for the month of August, with six of the 10 sub-strategies in negative territory.   Managed futures was the worst performer ending the month down 2.77 per cent, followed

The US-based Managed Funds Association (MFA) has supported the 15 May letter sent by 18 major derivatives dealers (the major dealers) to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and other rele

Endowments and institutions in the US have become the dominant investors in the hedge fund industry, drawn by the potential of generating returns that are uncorrelated with traditional equity and b