Fundraising for private infrastructure funds has remained strong in 2014 to date, with the 14 funds closing on an aggregate USD8.5bn in Q3 2014 bringing the total raised throughout the year to USD27bn, a small increase on the USD23bn raised
Hedge funds experienced outflows in September for the first month since December 2013, according to the eVestment September and Q3 2014 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Performance losses caused the industry’s first quarterly asset reduction in Q3 since Q2 2012.
ALTIN, the USD245m multi-strategy fund of hedge funds listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, outperformed in the year to end September 2014 with its net asset value up 4.45 per cent. The HFRI FoF Composite Index stood at
Neuberger Berman Group’s Global Bond Absolute Return Fund recently marked its first anniversary. The fund, a sub-fund of its Irish-domiciled UCITS fund umbrella, Neuberger Berman Investment Funds plc, launched on 25 September 2013 and completed its first year with a
Old Mutual Global Investors has marked the anniversaries for two of its funds managed by Ian Heslop, Amadeo Alentorn and Mike Servent. The USD1,422 billion Old Mutual Global Equity Absolute Return Fund celebrated its fifth anniversary and the USD103 million
The hedge fund industry took in USD18.4 billion (0.8 per cent of assets) in August, the highest inflow in three months and a strong rebound from redemptions of USD750 million in July, according to data from TrimTabs and BarclayHedge. “Hedge
Long/short global macro hedge fund the Oracle Fund offers an opportunity to enter an investment partnership that's already shown tremendous potential for long-term capital gains, according to fund manager Javier Gonzalez. Oracle Fund's strategy effectively insulates it from the typical
A 9.3 per cent return in the first six months of 2014 has earned Saemor Capital’s Europe Alpha Fund a top ranking in the equity market neutral and quantitative peer group categories. A pro-risk approach at the start of the
Listed hedge funds have outperformed the S&P 500, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index and the HFRI Fund of Funds index, according to research from alternatives investment bank Dexion Capital. The analysis compared the returns from single manager listed hedge
Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund (GABI) completed its initial offer period in early September, and has now taken the first step to deploy the fund’s assets into bitcoins. Recent price weakness has been observed and attributed to a series of
