Channel Capital Advisors has launched a high yield catalyst fund, which aims to generate net returns of 10 to 12 per cent with low volatility and little correlation to the major markets. The fund invests mainly in liquid bonds, equity
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently unleashed a powerful new screening tool, Aberrational Performance Inquiry (API), to identify possible fraudulent valuations and misreported returns by hedge fund managers reporting above benchmark returns. Axiom Valuation’s AIRAS capability can protect
361 Capital, a provider of alternative investment portfolios to major institutions, financial intermediaries, and high-net-worth investors, has launched the 361 Capital Systematic Index (bloomberg:361SI), a rules-based quantitative method that systematically generates technical indicators against price and volume trends on equity
The Swiss banking group SYZ & CO is moving into the Latin American institutional markets with the registration in Chile of the OYSTER European Opportunities fund. The fund is targeting mainly local pension funds, a fast-developing category of investors in
Despite a 0.14% gain in December, managed futures lost 3.05% in 2011 according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “The slightly positive returns for December masked the volatility in the major market sectors,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder
+ information request There has been a lot of comment in the media about the responsibilities and duties of hedge and alternative investment fund directors. Although the topic had been quite a high profile for several years, the Weavering judgement
Credit funds face growing risk of investor redemption, amid uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's plan for tapering and disappointing returns as credit performance drivers see their role diminish, according to Fitch. A new report also finds that repricing risk, which
Andrew Clark (pictured), chief index strategist for Thomson Reuters Indices and Lipper, draws on second-order variability analysis to predict which US sectors will decorrelate first, assuming the current market rally has legs… In a recent Reuters article, Bill O’Neill of
Azad Zangana (pictured), European Economist at Schroders, on the ECB’s decision to cut interest rates to a record low… The European Central Bank has cut its main policy rate for the first time since December 2011, taking the refinancing rate
Alcova Asset Management has selected Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services to provide a full range of administrative and middle-office outsourcing services to its quantitatively driven, equity market-neutral fund. The mandate from the UK-headquartered quantitative hedge fund manager is the latest
