Recovery continues in hedge funds according to Eurekahedge which found that hedge funds were up 0.48 per cent during the month of November, with 2016 year-to-date returns coming in at 3.60 per cent. Meanwhile, underlying markets as represented by the
Mediobanca is to acquire a 69 per cent interest in RAM Active Investments (RAM AI), a Switzerland-based systematic investment manager. RAM AI offers a range of actively managed and alternative systematic fundamental equity and tactical fixed-income funds to a wide
More than seven in 10 (73 per cent) institutional investors believe Brexit will be “hard”, including 29 per cent who believe it will be “very hard”, research by asset management group Managing Partners Group (MPG) reveals. More than four out
October was the best month of the year so far for Alternative UCITS funds with the LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS index advancing 0.68 per cent, bringing YTD gains to 2.29 per cent. The total universe currently contains over 1400 funds,
Investoo Group, one of the world’s biggest FX affiliates, has acquired 100ForexBrokers.com in what is the group’s largest acquisition to date. 100ForexBrokers.com, launched in 2012, is one of the world’s biggest Forex broker comparison sites with 60,000+ unique visitors per
By David Young (pictured), President, Gemini Alternative Funds – Allocations to alternative investment strategies have continued to evolve as asset owners – in particular pensions, endowments and family offices – have become more knowledgeable about, and comfortable with, these strategies.
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has acquired the remaining 12.3 per cent shareholding in French based Powernext from 3GRT and EDF. In doing so, EEX becomes the sole owner of Powernext with immediate effect. All parties involved in the transfer
Managed account platforms allow institutions to broaden out their hedge fund allocations and invest in emerging managers with confidence, thanks to the strong operational controls they provide. At a time when some of the larger established names have suffered performance
Man Group, a global active investment management firm, has launched Man Group ESG Analytics, a proprietary, dashboard-style tool enabling the firm’s investment teams to monitor non-financial risks and analyse environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across single issuers, portfolios and
Linear Investments allows emerging managers to leverage its managed account platform, enabling them to utilise multiple managed accounts, and avoid having to go down the costly route of setting up a hedge fund on day one. “At this date, Linear
