Total capital invested in the global hedge fund industry expanded during the first quarter at the fastest rate since 2010 as global financial institutions positioned for both growth and volatility across fixed income, equities, currencies and commodities. Total assets
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2013 measured 2.95 per cent, down from 4.33 per cent in March. “April redemption activity decreased from March and remains consistent with historical averages,” says Bill Stone, chairman and chief executive
Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton has formally launched the Irish Debt Securities Association at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin. The IDSA is an industry organisation whose membership includes the corporate administrators, audit firms,
EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes with equity-focused strategies all exhibited robust returns in March, characterised by a wide dispersion in terms of dynamic alphas. The long/short equity strategy (1.57 per cent) performed in line with its modelled dynamic exposure, the equity
Vodafone has reached the milestone of one billion depositary receipts (DRs) outstanding, according to BNY Mellon. Vodafone currently has the largest number of DRs outstanding of any Western European company and of any telecom company in the world.
Managed futures gained 0.57 per cent in March, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 1.07 per cent year to date. “A decoupling of US growth from global markets and aggressive easing
Alan Howard (pictured), who heads Brevan Howard, is Britain’s richest hedge fund manager, with a personal fortune of GBP1.5 billion, according to the 25th annual Sunday Times Rich List to be published on 21 April. Ranked joint 48th overall in the 2013
There is a sustained appetite for alternative investments among institutions and financial advisers in the US, according to a survey by investment research provider Morningstar and Barr
Interview with Nicolas Rousselet – An asset manager’s role has shifted from manager to partner in the last two years. Close collaboration is now the order of the day and Nicolas Rousselet (pictured), Head of Hedge Funds at Unigestion, is
KBC has signed an agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group to sell them the US life settlement portfolio held by KBC Financial Products. The transaction is not material to KBC Group’s results and does not impact
