The latest Hedge Fund Tracker analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence shows the top funds managed approximately USD153 billion in equity holdings, an increase from the USD145 billion under management in Q3. However, because these funds saw a slight drop
Hedge funds gained 0.69 per cent in April, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. After four consecutive profitable months, the index is now up 3.71 per cent in 2017. This is the best start
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.7 per cent in November. Four out of 11 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.6 per cent), the Lyxor Global Macro Index (+1.8 per cent),
Hedge fund performance is flat year to date, with Global Macro and CTAs down, while Fixed Income Arbitrage and Event Driven have outperformed, according to Lyxor’s latest Hedge Fund Brief. Lyxor says that CTA and Macro managers suffered on their
The top hedge funds managed approximately USD159 billion in equity holdings in the first quarter of 2017, an increase from the USD153 billion under management in Q4 2016, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s latest Hedge Fund Tracker analysis.
New York-based hedge fund firm Gondor Capital Management has outperformed its much larger peers in the first four months of 2017 with strong gains. Vincent Au, portfolio manager at Gondor Capital, says its domestic Gondor Partners LP gained 8.32
Woodford Investment Management has published the entire portfolio of its third fund, the CF Woodford Income Focus Fund, which launched in April this year. In the interests of transparency and clarity for its investors, full disclosure of the CF
By Ilario Scasascia (pictured), Harcourt – A well-diversified portfolio should include investments that offer alternative sources of returns, which can be found outside the world of conventional, long-only, bond and equity strategies. Sophisticated investors know this and understand, that when
Over the last few years the FTSE 100 has gained 26 per cent, while the S&P 500 Index has gained approximately 65 per cent. The impact of quantitative easing has led to unparalleled growth in equity markets, to such an
The hedge fund industry saw net inflows totalling USD19.7 billion in Q1 2017, ending five successive quarters of net outflows for the industry, according to the latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows reports from Preqin. The influx of investor capital,
