Thesis Fund Management, a New York-based registered investment adviser, has launched The Flexible Fund which combines hedge fund and mutual fund characteristics. The fund is available on the majority of mutual fund platforms including Fidelity and Charles Schwab. The fund
Investment research provider Morningstar has launched the Morningstar Rating for hedge funds as well as the Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index and 17 indices based on the Morningstar Hedge
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 1.22 per cent in March, according to Dr Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse. The merger arbitrage strategy was the strongest performer for the month, finishing
Managed futures experienced the best performance among the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index strategies in March, with gains of 4.25 per cent largely due to trend followers who were able to generate profits across many sectors including equities, commodities and
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index cut net exposures and limited the losses experienced by markets in June. The index shed 0.84 per cent compared to falls in the S&P 500 Total Return of 5.23
Deutsche Bank has launched Prism, a guaranteed liquidity service powered by the bank’s Autobahn electronic execution platform. Prism is the first service to offer aggregated liquidity, with depth of market, across the complete spectrum of rates products – interest rate
Client expectations of their wealth managers have changed significantly over the past decade, with the industry adapting product and service suites for a new generation of wealth creators.
Asset management firms believe exhibiting better discipline and having a greater focus on due diligence are major drivers in regaining investor confidence, according to a survey by Advent Software. After the scandals and financial crisis on Wall Street in recent
Do Greater China and other Asia-focused hedge funds offer little more than beta exposure with negligible contribution to portfolio diversification?
Natixis Global Asset Management has launched the Aurora Horizons Fund, a multi-strategy mutual fund dynamically allocated across multiple hedge fund managers. The fund may help investors achieve additional risk diversification within a traditional long-only portfolio of stocks and bonds by
