The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index rallied 1.82 per cent in June, supported by the strong equity market performance on the back of optimism over the progress of US-China trade talk. Despite mixed economic data during the month, trade optimism and
Deutsche Bank is to exit its Equities Sales & Trading business as part of a wider restructuring plan which will see the business shed 18,000 jobs globally by 2022. The first round of cuts, affecting teams of shares traders in
Following a slight dip in May, CTAs bounced back last month, with all of Societe Generale’s SG CTA indices reporting positive performance. The SG CTA Index was up +2.45 per cent and built on earlier positive returns to +4.72% YTD. Trend
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (Lombard Odier IM) has appointed Arnaud Langlois to launch a global equity long/short investment strategy with a sustainability focus. Arnaud Langlois and Cyrus Azarmgin, who have run the strategy together for seven years, join Lombard Odier
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has added to its emerging market fixed income product range with the launch of the UBAM – EM Sustainable High Grade Corporate Bond. This launch reflects a strengthening in UBP’s approach to responsible investing and a
It’s just over a year since PAAMCO Prisma debuted Launchpad, a co-investment platform for seeding and supporting emerging hedge funds with Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) as its inaugural investment partner. Jeff Willardson (pictured), Managing Director, PAAMCO Prisma and
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.62 per cent in July, bringing its year-to-date return to 6.48 per cent. Roughly 30.8 per cent of hedge fund managers in the index have recorded double-digit gains over the first seven months
Experienced hedge fund managers looking to set up on their own should take note – running a book and launching a fund are two very different things. So says Peter Greene (pictured), a partner at law firm Lowenstein Sandler in
PEGAS, a pan-European gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext, has reported a doubling of the volume of futures contracts traded on the platform in June 2019 compared to June 2018. In total, 111.3 TWh of futures products
Paris-based quantitative asset manager TOBAM has adopted a carbon footprint reduction policy across its Anti-Benchmark Credit strategies. This systematic carbon footprint reduction of at least 20 per cent versus the reference benchmark’s carbon footprint is now being applied to fixed
