The hedge fund industry continued its positive run in February, returning 2.68 per cent for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P Total Return Index gained
Diginex Limited (Nasdaq: EQOS), a digital assets financial services company, has launched EQUOS Origin (EQO), a token that can only be earned through trading on the EQUOS cryptocurrency exchange. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Jeremy Touboul, a former fund manager at H2O Asset Management, and Raphaël Remond, former CEO of State Street France, have launched LIOR Global Partners, a new sustainability-focused discretionary global macro hedge fund firm. LIOR Global Partners will use a top-down
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 1.18 per cent in February, underperforming the 1.52 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management’s flagship healthcare-focused hedge fund overcame February’s market volatility to finish the month in positive territory, as the strategy triumphed in the Best Global Equity Fund category at this year’s Hedgeweek European Awards. The Rhenman Healthcare
Hedge funds may be better placed to withstand a future performance squeeze in SPACs than other investors, as the recent sell-off in the asset class shed light on vehicle structures and investor-sponsor alignment. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, have
The global hedge fund business continued its strong start to 2021 with 80 per cent of funds seeing positive performance in February, according to eVestment’s February hedge fund performance data. The average positive performance among this large group of
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index measured 2.40 per cent for February. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.59 per cent in March. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index
Blackthorne Capital Management (Blackthorne), a commodity trading advisor specialising in absolute-return trading strategies, has launched the Blackthorne Sentiment Enhanced Trading Program on Efficient Capital’s fund hosting platform. The partnership will provide Blackthorne with a superior, well-established infrastructure that has undergone
The widening valuation gap between emerging markets fixed income and its developed markets counterpart is set to throw up “interesting opportunities” for EM-focused investors and hedge funds once the recent US treasury yield spike stabilises, according to BlueBay Asset Management.
