March Gestión de Fondos, Banca March’s investment management arm, has launched a global equity fund investing in companies linked to the production and sales of quality wine. Vini Catena F.I. seeks to benefit from what the managers at March Gestión
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted negative performance in May, finishing down 0.96%, with three out of ten strategies posting positive performance for the month, according to the company’s latest monthly Hedge Fund Index Commentary. Dedicated Short
With the returns of gold rivaling that of the US equity market, Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P 500 Gold Hedged Index. The index seeks to simulate the returns of an investment strategy which is long the total return
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a new rule to define “family offices” that are to be excluded from the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The rulemaking stems from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. “Family
The lines between institutional asset managers and alternative investors are becoming increasingly blurred due to investment strategies, priorities and goals becoming aligned, according to Martin Boyd, president of SunGard’s asset management business. “The relocation of assets to either alternative or
William Hill, Head of Property (pictured) and Mark Callender, Head of Property Research, at Schroder Property Investment Management Limited, predict that the recent turnaround in the performance of UK commercial property will continue through the first six months of 2010,
Envestnet, a provider of technology-enabled wealth management solutions for investment advisers, has formed a hedge fund research alliance with Fund Evaluation Group (FEG), an institutional investment consulting firm. The alliance complements the research on separate account managers, mutual funds, ETFs
Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, has added Altegris, Invesco and TIAA-CREF funds to FundVest, its no-transaction fee mutual fund platform. It also expanded access to the current Invesco fund offering, including the legacy Van Kampen product line, which more
Butterfield Fulcrum, a leading fund administration company, is to increase its workforce in Dublin city centre to 100 people. The investment is supported by the Irish Government with the aid of IDA Ireland. Butterfield Fulcrum initially established an operation in
Pershing LLC’s prime brokerage division received the Best Prime Broker Award at the inaugural US Hedgeweek Awards ceremony in New York. The winners of this year’s awards were determined by votes cast by Hedgeweek subscribers; which includes institutional investors,
