CubeLogic, a provider of Business Intelligence enabled Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance solutions has secured two new client signings working in partnership with Numerix, a provider of leading-edge solutions for pricing, market risk, credit risk, XVA and FRTB. Within eight months
Investors’ bias towards momentum risk is making trend-following hedge fund strategies particularly sensitive to investor inflows, amid a recent spike in market volatility. Lyxor Asset Management observed how future flows hinge predominantly on the cumulative performance of alternative strategies over
By Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Hedge funds fees remain under extreme pressure across the industry. This strong trend is driven by declining return expectations from investors, increased competition across the industry, and an increasing share of industry assets controlled
Continuing the positive run from 2019, CTAs kicked off 2020 with all Societe Generale CTA indices in positive territory and the SG CTA Index closing the month at 0.83 per cent. Performance was led by the Short-Term Traders Index, which
CME Group and Crypto Facilities Ltd have launched the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate, which will provide a daily benchmark price in US dollars at 4pm London time, and CME CF Ether-Dollar Real Time Index, which will allow users access
Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focused fund company, has launched the Catalyst/Teza Algorithmic Allocation Income Fund (TEZIX), which utilises an algorithmic machine learning technology designed by sub-advisor Teza Investments, to invest in globally diversified multi-assets with a target risk exposure of 9
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 0.17 per cent in January, outperforming the underlying equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local), which lost 0.90 per cent over the same period. Equity markets started the month on a positive
Destra Capital Management (Destra) has launched the Destra International & Event-Driven Credit Fund, a registered 1940 Act closed-end interval fund sub-advised by BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), a global fixed income specialist and an industry leader in multi-asset credit and event-driven
Alternative asset manager Canyon Partners has marked the five-year anniversary of the River Canyon Total Return Bond Fund (RCTIX). Since inception in 2014, the fund has consistently outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Index, and its fund category on
Tradecraft Capital, a crypto asset hedge fund and investment company, has launched its first fund, the Tradecraft Crypto Asset Fund, an actively-managed portfolio of concentrated, high-conviction positions. Unlike many crypto hedge funds that act more as a long-term focused venture
