The RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 0.25 per cent in November, bringing the year-to-date return of the index to 4.05 per cent. These returns are estimated and will be finalised by the middle of next month.
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group has reported that its assets under management were USD22.6bn as of 31 March 2009, 16 per cent lower than 31 December 2008 and 32 per cent lower than 31
Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index is confirmed down 0.18 per cent in November and up 7.82 per cent year-to-date. Six out of ten sectors posted negative performance for the month. Fixed income arbitrage was
Global macro/volatility hedge fund specialist 36 South Capital Holdings Ltd (36South) has opened an office in London.
A month after registering its first monthly gain since June 2008, the S&P GSCI declined 0.92 per cent in April led by weakness in the energy and precious metals sectors.
The Credit Suisse Long/Short Equity Replication Index was up 0.14 per cent net in April, according to Jordan Drachman, head of research for alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse.
East Coast Fund Management has launched the East Coast Investment Grade Fund with Arrow Hedge Partners. Similar to The East Coast Performance Fund, it will invest primarily in investment grade credit instruments of Canadian companies. The fund’s investment objectives are
Gottex Fund Management, an independent global alternative asset management group, has announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in SJC Capital Partners, the US-based investmen
The latest Preqin survey shows that the number of hedge fund investors expressing an interest in seed investments has almost doubled, from 11 per cent in 2009 to 21 per cent in 2010. Investors feel that the benefits of investing
Institutional investors overwhelmingly believe the euro area will be able to avoid a “full-fledged crisis,” according to Barclays Capital’s inaugural Global Macro Survey. More than 2,000 institutional investors from around the world, including hedge funds, money managers, proprietary trading and
