Fears over the coronavirus outbreak will drive volatility in global markets for some time, according to BlueBay Asset Management, which suggested re-orientating portfolios away from cyclicals and towards duration and carry. Emerging markets has seen a particular squeeze over the
Hedge funds posted mixed performance in January, as fears of contagion related to the coronavirus drove global equity market volatility into month-end. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index posted a narrow decline of -0.19 per cent for January, with declines in
European software investor Hg is to acquire stakes from Keensight Capital and Pléiade Venture in smartTrade Technologies (“smartTrade”), a specialist in multi-asset electronic trading solutions, headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France. David Vincent, CEO & co-Founder, and the smartTrade management team will remain
Metronome Capital, the London-based long/short equity manager led by former Lehman Brothers banker and Parvus Asset Management partner Sharif el Khazen, is flying high – powered by a mix of long conviction trades in European luxury brand names and a
Small cap equity specialist, Granahan Investment Management (GIM), has launched the Granahan US SMID Select Fund on the Granahan Funds plc platform. A seed client has invested nearly USD100-million.
A growing number of investors require hedge funds to build environmental, social and governance (ESG) elements into their investment processes – with traditional risk-return metrics being overhauled to include ESG factors, a wide-ranging industry study has found.
Dalton Strategic Partnership has launched the Melchior Systematic Global Macro Fund within its Luxembourg UCITS umbrella. The fund will be managed by Thomas Dionysopoulos (pictured), who joined DSP from Advenis Investment Management in 2017. Prior to this, he was Head
Hedge Funds gained 0.49 per cent in April according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 0.38 per cent gain in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Index remains up 0.30 per cent,
A total volume of 10.1 TWh was traded in EEX’s intraday power markets in January 2020, a 46 per cent increase year on year. The Austrian, Belgian, German continuous, French, GB continuous and Dutch spot markets all registered record volumes, which
Mindful Wealth, an Asset Management company with around US$600 million under management, has successfully completed the VCC Pilot Programme with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and re-domiciled one of its funds, Avenida CLO Equity Fund, from the Bahamas to
