The Managed Funds Association(MFA) has launched an updated Institutional Investor Map utilising data from Preqin and a new video series featuring institutional investors explaining, in their own words, the important role hedge funds play in their institutions’ larger portfolios. “Institutions
Regulatory and fee pressures are forcing the hedge fund industry to evolve, but a lively panel debate at the annual Linedata Exchange Europe client conference in London affirmed that with the right investment approach, infrastructure and distribution strategy, hedge funds
Hedge funds gained in June as the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates and oil prices extended sharp declines, while equity market volatility remained near historic lows, according to data released today by HFR. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index
CBOE Holdings is planning to list options on Blue Apron Holdings (APRN), a meal-kit delivery service. CBOE Holdings anticipates trading in options on Blue Apron will begin on Monday, 10 July, at Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options
H2O Asset Management (H2O), a specialist in global macro multi-strategy investment management, is to acquire Arctic Blue Capital, a systematic commodity-focused manager, from Stable Asset Management. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The deal brings together two
Jemekk Capital Management, a Toronto-based alternative investment management firm that offers wealth management products for high net worth, family office, fund-of-funds and small-to-mid-sized institutional investors, is to act as portfolio sub-advisor for the LOGiQ Hedge Fund, LOGiQ Global Opportunities Class
All of Societe Generale Prime Services’ CTA indices posted negative returns at the end of June, despite being in positive territory up until the last week of the month. The SG CTA Index closed the month down 3.47 per cent,
MidOcean Credit Partners, an affiliate of MidOcean Partners, a premier New York-based alternative asset manager, has closed a USD600 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO), MidOcean Credit CLO VII. The transaction was led by Goldman Sachs & Co. The CLO
SEI has acquired Archway Technology Partners, a provider of operating technologies and services to the family office industry and the institutions who service that market. SEI says the move will allow it to better serve the family office segment, and address
Preqin’s latest research examines two ways of defining emerging hedge funds (EHFs); ‘small’ first-time funds with USD300 million or less in AUM, or ‘new’ first-time funds with a three-year track record or less. Preqin finds that each group has posted
