Both hedge funds and risk parity strategies gained in August despite rising tensions with North Korea and the impact of Hurricane Harvey, with Equity Hedge and Macro strategies leading the HFRI to the tenth consecutive monthly advance, and the 17th
Delbrook Capital, a Vancouver-based specialist metals-focused long/short equity hedge fund, has continued to capitalise on this summer’s soaring precious metal prices.
The London Metal Exchange and LME Clear (together, the LME) have set out their ‘strategic pathway’ having received 162 responses to a discussion paper on market structure from a broad range of users. Matthew Chamberlain (pictured), London Metal Exchange Chief
All six of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge Indexes recorded positive performance in September. Returns were led by the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index, up 1.18 per cent for the month, followed by the IQ Merger Arbitrage Index, which returned 1.10 per cent
Following a challenging first half of the year, CTAs continued their upwards trajectory in August, with their second positive month, up 2.07 per cent. The developments in H2 are taking CTAs almost back into positive territory. The SG CTA Mutual
TransFICC, a provider of low-latency connectivity for fixed income and derivative markets, has secured EUR1 million in early stage investment from capital markets specialists, Illuminate Financial and Frankfurt based early stage investor in FinTech, Main Incubator. TransFICC provides banks and
Having managed a successful UK High Alpha strategy for Institutional Clients for over 13 years, Mirabaud Asset Management has decided to reposition its existing UK Equity High Income Fund into a High Alpha Strategy from 1 October. The fund will
2016 will be the year of haves and have-nots for hedge fund investment professionals, according to compensation data from CompIQ and performance data from HFR. The widening YTD performance gap will translate to large increases in bonuses for top-performing funds
DC Thomson is partnering with Electronic Research Interchange (ERIC) to develop its bespoke investment research offering for the post-MiFID II world. This transaction will see DC Thomson acquire a material stake in ERIC. 

 The partnership will enable ERIC to
London-based oil-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital suffered a small dip in July after failing to capitalise on strong oil equities returns – but the strategy still remains up almost 70 per cent so far this year, with the firm now
