A number of hedge fund strategies, including discretionary macro managers and specialist technology and healthcare-focused equity long/short funds, have taken profits in the first half of 2020, as the wider industry continues to claw back losses following the bedlam that
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2018 measured 1.57 per cent, while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.52 per cent in June. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index for June
Algebris Investments is seizing on opportunities in strong, strategically important companies globally that are benefitting from government support during the downturn, as central banks “drop all their taboos” to support the global economy. Portfolio manager Alberto Gallo, who runs the
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman’s “very negative view” and “good sense of timing” powered the firm’s stellar USD2.6 billion gain last month but the high-profile activist hedge fund manager does not fear a protracted 1930s-style depression as a result of
Hedge fund managers were down 4.40 per cent in March, outperforming the MSCI AC World Index IMI (Local) by 9.59 per cent during the month – a level of outperformance unseen since October 2008. Long volatility-focused strategies, CTA/managed futures and AI
Starting in April, Solactive is to make a wide range of its benchmark indices will be made available on C8 Technologies’ platform. Different kinds of investors, such as asset owners, asset managers, and hedge funds can all implement them in their
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -6.33 per cent in March, underperforming the -5.88 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire
Shorter-term managed futures strategies are gearing up for further episodic spikes in volatility in the coming months, leading to more opportunities to capitalise on continued market unpredictability. Trend followers largely withstood March’s market turmoil, notching up generally positive returns as
Rational Funds, a family of funds rooted in the investment philosophy of applying a rational approach to investing, has launched the Rational Funds Income Opportunities Fund (RTFIX). The Fund offers a Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) strategy, and will be
Dispersion reigned among different hedge fund strategies during a turbulent March, with global macro and trend-following funds posting positive returns while equity-focused managers tumbled sharply. A deepening of Covid-19 fears across the global economy sparked unprecedented losses in markets and
