Bandon Capital Management is now available as a third party investment manager on the TD Ameritrade Institutional Separate Account Exchange. Bandon’s flagship strategy, the Directional Interest Rate Strategy, is now available to advisers using the platform. DIRS is an
Managed futures experienced positive performance in March as managers were able to capitalise on long exposures to equities and industrial metals as well as large speculative short trades in the euro, sterling, and Japanese yen, according to a report by
NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext are coordinating their efforts to determine the cause of Thursday 6 May’s market plunge. In a joint statement, both have outlined their commitment to working with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), other regulators and
Fortis Bank Nederland (FBN) has signed an agreement on the sale of Prime Fund Solutions (PFS) to Credit Suisse. FBN first entered into exclusive negotiations with Credit Suisse on the sale of PFS in December 2009, and the transaction, which
By Paul Murray – Ireland was the first jurisdiction within the European Union to establish a regulatory framework specifically for alternative investment funds, and it is already an established domicile in this space. The country’s reputation for sophisticated and robust
Asia’s hedge fund industry may be reeling from a monthly decline of more than 5 per cent in January, its worst performance for at least eight years, but the sector remains confident that the setbac
Stock market investors expressed positive views in March as the S&P 500 index registered a 6.03 per cent gain in a context of decreasing implied volatility (17.59 per cent), which reached its lowest level since June 2007. According to the
The average daily volume (ADV) of European derivatives traded on NYSE Euronext in April was 6.8 million fontracts, an increase of 51.5 per cent over April 2009 and an increase of 46.9 per cent from March 2010 levels. The
MCAM Group, a provider of business solutions for the alternative investment industry, has entered into an agreement with London-based equity long/short hedge fund Silverstone Capital to manage its international marketing, sales and public relations. Silverstone is an equity long/short hedge
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 2.56 per cent in quarter one, bringing the industry within two per cent of its previous high watermark reached in October 2007, according to data by Hedge Fund Research. During the quarter, investors
