Russ Koesterich (pictured), BlackRock’s Chief Investment Strategist, provides an overview of the US Fiscal Cliff deal and discusses what it means for the economy and financial markets… The 11th-hour deal is better than nothing … but its limited scope and
D. Harris & Co. International, law firm to the hedge fund industry, has is opening an office in Monaco. It will initially be staffed by Andrew Campbell, a senior lawyer from DHCI’s swaps and prime brokerage team. DHCI has
David Zahn (pictured), manager of the Templeton Strategic Bond Fund, believes it is time for UK strategic bond funds to make use of allocations across a wider variety of fixed income asset classes in their search for real returns. Zahn,
Bandon Capital Management plans to launch its first mutual fund, the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund. The fund will launch at the beginning of the New Year and will seek to provide absolute returns using fixed income instruments. The
The advantage to independent administrators like SS&C GlobeOp is they are as nimble as the hedge funds they serve, according to Bill Stone, chairman and chief executive of SS&C Technologies. “When you treat people right you get treated right, and
Dighton Capital Management, a managed futures fund manager, has moved all its assets under management into cash because of the uncertainty in the markets. The company has three funds with annualised returns of 45.2 per cent, 17.6 per cent and
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2013 measured 2.62 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 1.50 per cent in February. “Seven of the
PerTrac Financial Solutions’ analysis of 2009 hedge fund performance reaffirms the existing trend of less tenured funds outperforming older ones and reverts to findings from earlier studies indicating that small to mid-sized funds outperform larger ones. “Coming off the worst
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (LAB) Index was up 1.13 per cent in December, according to Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse. The index, which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund
Hedge funds gained 2.84 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “Fiscal cliff fears receded, European banks strengthened, China avoided a hard landing, Japan stimulated its economy, and global equities rallied,” says Sol
