A recovery in the valuations of convertible securities held in the portfolios of institutional investors in the US and Europe has not translated into a pick-up in trading volumes, which continued to decline from 2009 to 2010. The recovery in
The performance of commodity trading advisors (CTAs) has historically exhibited a distinctly different pattern than equities and fixed income in relation to the direction of interest rates, according to research by Campbell & Company. In a new white paper, Prospects
The Salus Alpha RN Special Situations fund has raised USD20m from new investors since it launched on 22 March 2010 and is up 3.14 per cent after its first month. “The remarkable raise in money combined with the extraordinary performance
The Systematic Alpha Futures programme, managed by the New York-based commodity trading adviser Systematic Alpha Management, has been added to Deutsche Bank’s dbSelect managed account platform. SAM’s assets under management have jumped by almost 20 per cent in the past
State Street has been appointed to provide investment services to hedge fund group Marshall Wace for its new equity neutral exchange-traded fund – MW Tops Global Alpha. According to Marshall Wace, it is the first ETF targeting an absolute return
RMB Capital Management, an independent investment advisory firm, has launched Iron Road Capital Partners, an alternative investment platform. “As a firm with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on client service, we are continually looking to expand on the investment
Gavyn Davies (pictured), chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management, chaired a panel discussion on how Greek elections and eurozone political upheavals are shaping the markets. Part of the discussion was to establish the extent of bullish/bearish sentiment of Gaim International 2012’s
Designed to track the credit default swap market for sovereign entities, Standard & Poor’s has launched a series of CDS Sovereign Indices. The index series is comprised of the S&P International Developed Nation Sovereign CDS Index and S&P Eurozone Developed
Credit Suisse has launched the Long/Short Equity Replication Index, the first in a planned suite of alternative index replication products designed to replicate the performance of major he
The role of the depositary is set to become an integral part of how offshore hedge funds operate in Europe under the AIFM Directive, which will be transposed into law on 22 July 2013. Never before have Cayman-based hedge fund
