CF Partners Capital Management, a London-based energy-focused hedge fund, is betting on a continued price recovery in energy markets heading into the second half of 2020.
Hedge funds have successfully navigated recent choppy waters, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team with the Lyxor Global Hedge Fund Index slightly down at -0.4 per cent. Strategies with the highest market beta underperformed.
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2020 measured 3.17 per cent.Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.33 per cent in June. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index for June 2020 of
Deer Park Road is maintaining an aggressive short position in commercial mortgage backed securities as the market continues to fall because of lockdown. Although the Colorado-based structured credit manager, which was established by Michael Craig-Scheckman in 2003, expects to shift
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has carried out the 2,000th primary market auction for emission allowances.The auction was conducted in the framework of the common EU auction platform (CAP2) on behalf of 25 EU Member States and the EEA EFTA
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management, a Stockholm-based sector-specialist hedge fund firm, says 2020 is poised to be “a good year” for its flagship healthcare strategy, after it posted a double-digit return for the second month in a row.
Stock markets carried April’s momentum into May and hedge funds were among the beneficiaries posting a 2.71 per cent monthly return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P 500
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) will launch two new futures contracts – FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG (F4G TIP TW ESG) Index Futures and TIP Taiwan Market Biotechnology and Medical Care (TIP Taiwan BIO) Index Futures on 8 June, 2020. The addition
By Jim Neumann, CIO, Sussex Partners – The news that Blackrock is to advise the European Commission on how the EU could boost the growth of green finance and build the market for sustainable financial products is a welcome announcement.
LexShares, a specialist in commercial litigation finance, has launched LexShares Marketplace Fund II (LMFII). With a USD100 million target fund size, LMFII will invest in litigation-related assets offered on the LexShares platform. LMFII opens on the heels of the company’s 100th
