While exchange-traded funds are now widely used by investors who are highly satisfied with their features, their use is largely limited to passive holdings of broad market indices and the
As part of the Goldman Sachs Alternative Investments and Managers Selection Group (AIMS), Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s specialist hedge fund team – AIMS Hedge Fund Strategies – has over 40 years’ experience. With over USD22billion in AUM, the team is
In a research paper published in the Winter 2012 issue of the Journal of Alternative Investments, entitled “Optimal Hedge Fund Allocation with Improved Estimates for Coskewness and Cokurtosis Parameters,” EDHEC-Risk Institute has provided insights into optimal portfolio decisions involving hedge
State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, and the largest institutional fund manager in the world, has announced that it has been appointed b
Estlander & Partners, a Finnish alternative investment management company and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) with approximately USD1 billion in assets under management, has launched its US operations based in Stamford, Connecticut, which will be led by Dan Rizzuto, CFA, as
New York-headquartered Liquidnet is a global institutional trading network that connects buy-side institutions to global equity markets. Its global footprint includes subsidiary offices in key financial markets including London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and Toronto. The firm
Fitch Ratings says that the announced merger between Olympia Capital Management (M2) and Kenmar Group addresses part of the key challenges the agency has identified that Olympia is facing, notably enlarging operations to optimise operating profitability, diversifying its investor base
FrontFour Capital has listed FrontFour Capital Partners LP as a transparent fund on the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace (AGM). As a transparent fund, FrontFour Capital Partners will now be visible to the entire AGM network. FrontFour will retain its existing fund
Meridian Fund Services administers funds across all hedge fund structures (single strategy funds, master-feeder funds, FoHFs and separately managed accounts) and private equity funds. At present, the firm has approximately USD15billion in AuA. It services approximately 90 clients across 231
Coast Asset Management, an independent multistrategy alternative investment firm managing some USD6.7bn in assets for institutional and high net worth clients, has appointed Roger Hartley
