HSBC Private Bank is maintaining its highest conviction overweight in hedge funds in the belief that the current investment environment calls for an active approach to risk management which can be provided by hedge funds. Willem Sels, UK head of
With a turnover of EUR48.3 billion on its Zurich and Frankfurt trading platforms in 2010, Scoach remains the highest-volume exchange for structured products in Europe. The number of trades executed last year at Scoach in Frankfurt rose to 2.5 million
Invesco Perpetual’s Adrian Bignell on growth opportunities in the Eurozone and why the worst is behind us… Fears of a euro collapse dominated the economic landscape in 2012. Can investors expect a more stable outlook in the coming year? Our
The March Vini Catena Fund, managed by March Gestión, the boutique asset manager of Banca March, has achieved a 22.6% return during its first 12 months of trading, beating its reference index MSCI World LC, which returned 7.8% over the
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) has acquired a minority ownership stake in privately held The Rock Creek Group (Rock Creek), a Washington, DC-based fund of hedge funds firm with approximately USD7 billion in assets under management. The financial terms of
NYSE Euronext has reported net income of USD28m, or USD0.12 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to net income of USD110m, or USD0.43 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2011. Financial results for the
Six out of seven of IndexIQ’s hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices posted a positive performance in October. The best performing index was the IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index, which rose by 1.92 per cent in October and is
Returns for Credit Suisse’s LAB Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds experienced positive performance in December according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse. "The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index posted positive performance
Citi has been awarded a mandate from Brummer & Partners, Sweden’s largest hedge fund manager, to provide depositary, custody and prime brokerage services for its recently-launched Carve fund. “We are delighted to appoint Citi for our new Carve funds,” says
Credit fund performance and flows in 2013 are unlikely to reach the levels seen in 2012, says Fitch Ratings. In a new sector update on high yield (HY) and investment grade (IG) funds, the agency notes that liquidity from central
