Ahead of this week’s ECB monetary policy meeting, hedge funds are cutting positions on the common currency in the anticipation of the central bank adopting expansionary measures, according to Philippe Ferreira, head of research at Lyxor’s managed account platform (MAP).
Insparo Asset Management has bucked the industry trend by offering shorter redemption terms for Africa & Middle East fund. The Insparo Africa & Middle East Fund returned 31.4 per cent in 2009, outperforming the MSCI Frontier Markets Index which returned
The HFRX China Index posted a record performance gain of 50.4 per cent in 2009, as emerging Asian financial markets led the global equity market recovery from losses experienced during the financial crisis of 2008, according to data from Hedge
ProFundCom is a must-have, state-of-the-art hedge fund marketing and sales intelligence software platform that delivers highly detailed insight into your ability to access the marketplace. This affordable software application, used by firms including JP Morgan, Astir Capital and Coronation, reports
By Michael Bane – Ernst & Young’s Partner and Channel Islands Asset Management Leader sumarises the results of the firm’s annual global survey of the hedge fund industry At Ernst & Young, we have recently completed our annual global survey
NYSE Euronext, an operator of financial markets and provider of trading technologies, has reported net income of USD172m, or USD0.66 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to a net loss of USD1,338m, or USD5.06 per diluted
The CFA Institute and Edhec-Risk Institute have extended their partnership in executive education to offer their alternative asset allocation seminar in both London and New York. The seminar, aimed at senior investment professionals, provides an understanding of the means of
Recent heightened levels of uncertainty have highlighted the need for diversification and may continue to drive investors in search of alternative asset classes, including commodities. Andrew Karsh, co-lead portfolio manager for the Credit Suisse total commodity return strategy, says the
Lombard Risk Management plc has announced a major global contract with another tier one bank – Société Générale – for its COLLINE collateral management solution. This major contract is expected to generate revenues of more than GBP2m in the first
Traditional investment managers are better positioned relative to alternative managers to meet retail investors' growing demands for liquid alternative investments (liquid alts), says Fitch Ratings. The reasons include the experience and scale that traditional managers enjoy in fund distribution, combined
