By A Paris – The European hedge fund industry ended the year with USD486 billion in assets under management. The largest portion of these funds were domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Luxembourg was the next most prevalent jurisdiction, which highlights one of
Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX), a new derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, based in Singapore, has gone live with core functions operating on technology from the Cinnober Group. APEX’s independent clearinghouse, Asia Pacific Clear Pte Ltd, runs on Cinnober’s TRADExpress RealTime Clearing,
Hedge fund investors held their ground in March 2018, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, even as the equity market correction entered its second month. Industry assets climbed to an all-time high of USD3.0 trillion. Data drawn from more
AGF Management, with USD37 billion under management, has completed its acquisition of 100 per cent of FFCM, to further strengthen their quantitative investing and ETF platform brought to market under the AGFiQ banner. “Today, we further build on our
H2O Asset Management, Bruno Crastes’ discretionary macro hedge fund firm, has written to investors to offer its “sincere apologies” for “significant” risk-adjusted losses this past week. “If 2008 was a liquidity crisis, 2011, a volatility crisis, and 2016, a convexity
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management, the Stockholm-based hedge fund firm which invests in global healthcare stocks, says the industry has not been shielded from the impact of Covid-19 – though different sub-sectors have been impacted in markedly different ways. The
The hedge fund industry experienced USD21.2 billion in inflows in January, reversing a two-month redemption trend in a turnaround from December’s USD29.0 billion in redemptions.January’s inflows represented 0.7 per cent of industry assets, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator
Alpha Sigma Capital (ASC), a new blockchain investment and digital currency hedge fund, officially launched on 6 January, 2020, with a focus on delivering growth capital to blockchain companies with a multi-strategy hedge fund that utilises tokens, cryptocurrencies, equities, derivatives,
Brummer & Partners, the long-running Swedish multi-strategy hedge fund firm, is maintaining its market neutral approach and focus on diversification after its flagship strategy stumbled during the recent steep market sell-off. In a note to investors this week, founder Patrik
Hedge funds globally have allocated at least USD59 billion to responsible investment (RI), according to a survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS). The survey of 80 asset managers with USD550 billion
