Global macro investment manager Hathersage Capital Management, a specialist in G10 currencies and absolute returns, has been named Best Macro CTA Fund at Hedgeweek’s USA Awards 2016 ceremony in New York. The awards were determined by the votes of Hedgeweek's
Nordea Asset Management has launched the Nordea 1 – Global Long Short Equity Fund (USD Hedged), which aims to deliver a consistent absolute return and low correlation to the returns of equity markets. US-based investment boutique ClariVest Asset Management is
Litigation specialist and consulting firm Pravatio Capital has launched the Pravati Investment Fund V (Fund V) with USD200 million in capital commitments. Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
Despite global bond investors being on edge at apparent central bank impotency, the probability of a sizeable bear market is low with a possibility that fiscal policy could prove effective, according to asset manager AlllianceBernstein (AB). John Taylor (pictured), portfolio
Polen Capital Management is to act as adviser to the Polen Global Growth Collective Investment Trust and the Polen Focus Growth Collective Investment Trust funds, which are established by SEI Trust Company, a subsidiary of SEI. SEI is a supplier
Eden Rock Group has purchased Gottex’s stake in ERG Asset Management and now owns the firm outright. Eden Rock and Gottex established the joint venture in 2011 to focus on providing cost effective solutions to funds holding illiquid investments, as
Crystal & Company, a strategic risk and insurance adviser, has been named Best North American Insurance Provider by Hedgeweek for the third consecutive year. It has also been named Insurance Firm of the Year by Finance Monthly for the second
From the historic stock market sell-off and volatility surge that wreaked havoc on investment portfolios during March to the continued working-from-home practices which have thrown up various operational obstacles spanning technology, cybersecurity and infrastructure, the coronavirus crisis has upended all
French asset management firm Amundi is launching a single platform designed to bring its real and alternative assets under one entity and drive its aim of becoming one of the leading alternative asset managers in Europe. The firm writes that
Eleven out of 13 hedge fund strategies covered by the EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes delivered positive returns in June. The two exceptions were CTA Global and Short Selling. The best performing strategy was Emerging Markets (5.24 per cent), followed by Distressed Securities
