Aggregate hedge fund industry performance slipped into the red again in September, with the industry returning -0.11 per cent last month, according to eVestment September 2019 hedge fund performance figures. This marked the second consecutive month of negative industry returns,
Hedge funds posted mixed performance in the volatile month of September, as quantitative, trend-following CTAs declined, reversing August gains, on rising US interest rates, while equity markets traded in a wide intra-month range. The HFR Asset Weighted Composite Index posted
Napoleon Capital, with the support of BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’), has launched Napoleon World Equities AR Dynamix Fund, providing access to an absolute return quantitative strategy investing in global equities. Available since 3 September, the fund is one
EEX Group further expanded its global position and achieved significant volume growth in almost all business fields in 2017. Following the acquisition of Nodal Exchange and the migration of the PXE markets to the EEX platform, EEX Group recorded the
Electronic marketplace operator Tradeweb has reported a new quarterly record for average daily volume (ADV) of USD753.8 billion, representing an increase of 39.6 per cent. The company also saw new quarterly records for ADV in interest rate swaps and mortgages
Reconciliation specialists Watson Wheatley has closed out its financial year with record turnover and the biggest increase in client numbers in the firm’s 10-year history. Turnover, excluding prepayments at the firm, whose clients include hedge funds, long-only asset managers and
Given the current market uncertainty, start-up and emerging hedge fund managers must be clever in their choices when bringing a fund to market in 2020 and beyond. And this November, the inaugural Hedgeweek Emerging Manager Summit will provide a forum
Pictet Asset Management has added a new fixed income strategy to its USD10 billion actively managed total return franchise – the Pictet TR-Sirius fund. The strategy employed by Sirius is liquid global macro emerging market (EM) long-short fixed income. Pictet
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext, registered a total volume of 194.0 TWh traded in September 2019. With 101.2 TWh, the spot segment saw 40 per cent growth compared to 2018 (September 2018: 72.4
Saxo Bank is partnering with Microsoft to run its entire technology stack on the Microsoft Cloud. Saxo Bank is a fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, servicing clients in more than 170 countries with access to investments in
