The UCM Partners MIDAS Fund opened 2013 with a significant new investment from the Lauder Family Office, bringing assets under management above USD90m for the open-ended fund, which invests in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and in other asset-backed securities.
ABN AMRO Asset Management has launched the Japan Equity Long/Short Fund, a single strategy hedge fund.
Tim Haywood & Paul McNamara believe the continuing focus on absolute returns coupled with a greater volatility of returns will work in favour of their Absolute Return Bond Fund. Tim Haywood, Chief Investment Officer, Julius Baer Investments Limited, joined the
Krusen Capital Management has formed a partnership with Meeschaert Group to provide clients with alternatives advisory services, manager and strategy due diligence, and access to a platform of alternative investment solutions. Krusen will be responsible for identifying actionable opportunities, analysing
The latest enhancements to the Advent Global Hedge Fund Solution leverage an array of technical innovations, says Robert O’Boyle of Advent Software, Inc.
The Hatteras Managed Futures Strategies Fund from boutique alternative investment specialist Hatteras Funds is now available on the Charles Schwab Mutual Fund OneSource Platform. The Hatteras Managed Futures Strategies Fund launched on 27 September 2012. The team has managed the
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is to begin disseminating values for a new volatility index benchmark – the CBOE EFA ETF Volatility Index (VXEFA) – on 1 July. The VXEFA Index, the newest addition to CBOE’s suite of volatility
T Rowe Price has launched the Global Allocation Fund (RPGAX), broadening the firm’s line-up of asset allocation products, which currently have over USD138bn in assets as of 31 March 2013. The new mutual fund is the firm’s most broadly
The estimated June 2006 return for the Fimat Volatitlity Arbitrage Median is 0.83 per cent, a significant gain on the May return which was 0.20 per cent.
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished December up 1.48 per cent. Overall performance for 2012 was 7.67 per cent, according to the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index team’s 2012 Hedge
