Lipper has identified 81 open-ended funds in the UK with performance fees in place, a rise of 138 per cent from the 34 funds identified at the end of 2007 but still less than five per cent of the industry’s
The global financial markets are on the cusp of a new age of interconnectedness, an era when delivery of the right data to the right people at the right performance level and in the right format is more easily achieved,
Morten Spenner, chief executive at International Asset Management, believes credit and equity market conditions bode well for security selection and should in particular benefit long/short equity and credit managers. With regards to long/short equity, Spenner says strong earnings growth should
Hedge funds gained 2.15 per cent in July, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 2.2 per cent year-to-date. All but one of Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indexes had a positive return in
2011 was a year characterised by major economic uncertainty and correspondingly hesitant investors. Nevertheless, the Swiss fund and asset management sector put in a respectable showing, according to the Swiss Funds Association (SFA), which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
In its latest annual survey of the world’s leading money managers, LCH Investments NV, the world’s oldest fund of funds, has named Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio (pictured) as the top manager, earning his clients USD35.8bn since founding Bridgewater in 1975,
The Salus Alpha RN Special Situations VT heads the list of Salus Alpha funds with a 5.13 per cent month to date return as of 30 July 2010. The fund’s performance for the period was 4.23 per cent higher than
Early estimates indicate the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index will post positive performance of 1.67 per cent in July. This brings the year-to-date performance of the index to 2.32 per cent. Long/short equity hedge funds experienced a positive
The third edition of the Hedgeweek Awards, presented today in London’s Mayfair, take place against a backdrop of last year’s tough climate for hedge fund managers and their service providers in which the industry had to call upon all its
The stampede of investors and dealers into highly liquid rates products during and in the immediate aftermath of the global credit crisis dramatically altered the composition of US fixed income markets. History suggests that this trend should reverse itself in
