Last month, the impact of coronavirus caused stock markets to plummet. This led to a huge spike in volatility, with the VIX Index hitting a high of 82.69 on 16 March, benefiting macro strategies (according to the latest Q1 performance
The hedge fund industry returned to net outflows in February with USD8.1 billion in redemptions, a reversal from January’s USD21.2 billion in inflows.February’s redemptions represented 0.2 per cent of industry assets, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator published by
Future rises in the cost of natural gas following the recent oil price crash may squeeze utility companies’ profits, with US names potentially proving a lucrative short bet for hedge funds. Horseman Capital Management, the London-based contrarian long/short manager led
iM Global Partner has launched the US Small and Mid Company Growth fund as part of the OYSTER range. The fund is managed by Polen Capital, which has more than 31 years of experience investing in high-quality growth companies. The strategy
RAM Active Investments SA (RAM AI), a systematic asset manager based in Geneva, is launching a fund with the objective of tackling climate change and providing investors an active strategy with strong ESG standards. RAM AI’s ESG approach is the result
Financial information firm Refinitiv has unveiled key enhancements to its ESG scoring methodology, making its company scores “more data driven than ever”. Accounting for industry-based materiality weighting of metrics, with minimal company size and transparency biases, the updated methodology allows investors
Savvas Savouri, chief economist and partner at long-running UK hedge fund manager Toscafund, says UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s economic update has “supercharged” his confidence.
By Don Steinbrugge, Founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners – The massive dislocations in the fixed income markets in March caused huge divergence in performance among hedge fund managers with similar strategies.
Hedge fund solutions business Titan Advisors is to assume the management of several of Alternative Investment Group’s funds with Sam Sussman, Portfolio Manager and Head of Investment Strategy at Alternative Investment Group, to join Titan and take the lead in
A new foundation focused on using a blockchain protocol to track and measure impact investing has been created by Dr Shaun Conway, a medical doctor and former adviser to the World Health Organisation. Impact investing is rapidly growing in
