US-based Navatar Group is a leading provider of cloud computing for Wall Street firms, but increasingly that client base is widening out to alternative investment managers as they start to fully appreciate the benefits of cloud systems and how they
Forward Management has launched the Forward Global Credit Long/Short Fund offering a (hedge-style) long/short strategy focused on the corporate debt sector. The new fund complements the long-only Forward EM Corporate Debt Fund (FFXRX) introduced in May, 2011. Both funds are
Agecroft Partners predicts 2012 will be the best year for net flows into the hedge fund industry since 2007 despite the lacklustre investment performance for the industry in 2011. According to Agecroft’s Don Steinbrugge, this conclusion is based on several dominant
The recent confusion and lack of direction from the Westminster Government may cause the UK to slide towards the bottom of the renewable energy production capacity table in Europe, says Luca Concone, CEO of the Real Asset Energy Fund… At
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for October 2012 measured 0.13 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.54 per cent in November. “Overall capital activity
Global gold demand in quarter three 2012 was 1,084.6 tonnes, down 11 per cent from the record Q3 2011 figure of 1,223.5t. This dip in demand is in comparison with exceptional demand in Q3 last year. Gold demand remains resilient.
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.18 per cent for the month of October. Managed futures (-4.64 per cent) was the worst performer among the 10 sub strategies, while event driven (0.91 per cent) was the
Veritas Asset Management (UK) and its parent The Real Return Group, which currently manage GBP8.5bn across a range of products, have announced a corporate reorganisation that will create two distinct limited liability partnerships. The Veritas Private Client business will be
Patrician Asset Management has launched the Citizen Entertainment Fund to focus on debt investments in media companies. CEF’s first investor is a major European public company. The fund is a low volatility, non-correlated debt fund and is managed by Film
Hedge funds gained 0.32 per cent in October, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 6.09 per cent year to date. “News flows continued to drive the markets in October,” says Sol Waksman,
