Sameer Shalaby, chief executive of hedge fund technology provider Paladyne Systems, says the current financial crisis has sealed the fate of the tr
By James Williams – Institutional investors, from public and private pension plans to foundations, endowments and sovereign wealth funds, are showing significant signs of divergence when it comes to asset allocation; a markedly different story from previous years when the
The Blue Ink Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 Hedge Funds in South Africa, recorded an 8.65% increase in 2011, outperforming the JSE All Share Total Return Index (ALSI) by more than 6%. This outperformance was achieved
TFS Capital has launched the TFS Hedged Futures Fund (TFSHX), which will compete for business with mutual funds that invest in managed futures. Similar to the firm’s flagship mutual fund, TFS Market Neutral (TFSMX), TFS Hedged Futures will hold a basket of long and
Seth Merrin (pictured), CEO of Liquidnet, comments on reports the European Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, is to block the planned merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext… As well as competition issues there’s a feeling from investors that the merger
Christian Gattiker, head of research and equity strategy at Julius Baer, looks at the impact of the rejection by the US House of Representatives of
The Energy Data Hub (EDH), an independent energy data processing entity, has formed a partnership with Sapient Global Markets to advance the development of the EDH platform, a secure central repository for global energy transaction data. This partnership follows prior
To serve a growing global base of institutional and high-net-worth investors, Santa Monica-California Coast Asset Management, LLC, a premier indepe
Karamvir Gosal has rejoined New York-based Jefferies Putnam Lovell, the investment banking group of Jefferies & Company, Inc as Managing Direct
Merrill Lynch has launched new certificates linked to MAST (Multi Asset Strategy), a rules-based, multi-asset strategy developed by Merrill Lynch R
