The five daily trailing TSI Worldwide Index through 7 January was a somewhat bullish 52.78, with North America a stronger 54.80 and the UK a neutral 50.77. All three signals showed a strong rebound from the week before, up 43.9
The Managed Funds Association is planning to gather information from hedge funds, funds of funds and managed futures funds for use in its industry education and advocacy efforts using PerTrac P-Card. P-Cards are secure email attachments that can contain an
BarclayHedge has revealed the names of the 12 currency programmes that will comprise the Barclay BTOP FX Index for the year 2010. Launched in January 2005, the BTOP FX is the first daily index of currency traders and has monitored
Veritas Asset Management is making its global hedge fund available to retail and institutional investors for the first time. The GBP30m fund had previously only been available to a small group of investors including the firm’s partners and discretionary private
Charges are stacking up against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund group who is accused of making at least USD36m in profits through deals that depended upon inside information. US prosecutors appear to be expanding the scope of
NYSE Euronext’s trading volumes in December 2009 were mixed, with European derivatives volumes increasing 40.8 per cent and US options trading volumes increasing 92.2 per cent versus the previous year. US and European cash equities trading volumes, however, declined 30.5
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for April 2014 measured -0.59 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.94 per cent in May. "Subscriptions outpaced redemptions
Benchmark (USA), an alternative investment manager with over USD1.7bn in assets under management, has retained Prime Fund Solutions, an administrator in the alternative asset management industry, to provide administration, custody and financing services for its funds of hedge funds. “With
Carne Global Financial Services, an adviser to the traditional, alternative investment and wealth management industries, has been appointed by Merchant Capital, a corporate finance, investment advisory and stock broking firm, to provide independent directors to its Ucits III service for
Investment management company Bandon Capital Management has formed a relationship with American Independent Securities Group, an independent broker dealer and registered investment adviser. The relationship enables AISG advisers to make Bandon’s flagship investment strategy, the Directional Interest Rate Strategy, available
