Managed futures lost 1.21% in March according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is down 0.23% after the first three months of 2012. “Losses for March were widespread, as 66 percent of reporting managers ended the
Yorkville Advisors, the US based investment manager to a family of funds, has entered into a KRW12bn equity line facility with Yujin Robot. Under the terms of the facility, Yujin Robot may issue ordinary shares to Yorkville in tranches at
Bedrock Group, the Geneva-based wealth and asset manager, has launched Bedrock Brazil with USD50m of commitments. The fund is a multi strategy fund of hedge funds offering investors low cost access to leading Brazilian funds, some of which are closed
The long-term trends in soft and agricultural commodities will provide some of the most exciting trading and investment opportunities across all asset classes in the next decade.
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.05% for the month of March. The top performers of the index’s ten sub-strategies were Event-Driven (0.79%) and Fixed Income Arbitrage (0.74%) while the worst performers were Managed Futures (-2.96%)
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has published detailed analysis of the European Commission’s draft implementing rules for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), which shows substantial policy differences between the Commission text and the advice provided by the European
Kommera Chakradhar (KC) Reddy (pictured), Head of India Equities at Baring Asset Management Limited (London) summarises the impact of India’s latest Budget. The surcharge on India’s corporate and personal income taxes was reduced to 7.5% from 10%. While this is
Italian boutique firm Ersel Asset Management has appointed State Street to provide a range of investment services. State Street currently provides depositary services for Ersel’s mutual funds and will now provide net asset value (NAV) calculation and transfer agency
European index provider Stoxx has launched the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 PutWrite Index. The index replicates a "reverse convertible" investment strategy and measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio consisting of monthly put options on the Dow Jones Euro
Long short equity heads the list of investable Alternative Investment Indices in February with a month-to-date performance of 1.60 per cent and a year-to-date performance of 1.19 per cent. The indices are provided by Alternative-Index and listed on the Vienna
