Hedge funds gained 0.78 per cent in May, its third consecutive positive month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the Index is up 0.85 per cent. Sixteen of Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016 with more than USD210 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD150 million. The Fund was created as a unique solution for LPs
eVestment has launched a revised version of its analytics platform which the company describes as a ‘re-imagining of how a big data solution should work and perform’. According to eVestment, cloud-based technology has become ubiquitous in consumer and business realms.
Bats Hotspot has announced plans to offer global trading of outright deliverable forwards contracts, with a launch planned for fall 2016. A division of Bats Global Markets (Bats: BATS), Bats Hotspot is a global foreign exchange market with offices in
SS&C Technologies Holdings has launched SS&C Global Gateway, a new SaaS platform for web-based portfolio management, analysis and reporting. Specially designed for insurance companies and other buy-side asset managers, SS&C Global Gateway is a SaaS-delivered platform that makes comprehensive investment
ABS Investment Management, an alternative investment management firm specialising in global equity long/short solutions with USD5 billion in assets under management, has launched the ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund. The Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
The XBT Provider instruments Bitcoin Tracker One (COINXBT) and Bitcoin Tracker EUR (COINXBE) have resumed trading at Nasdaq Nordic in Stockholm following the acquisition of XBT Group by Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited (GAJL). Nasdaq has approved Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited
Linedata has integrated its Global Hedge Portfolio Manager with Electra Information Systems’ (Electra) Electra Reconciliation. The creation of a purpose-built interface provides hedge fund managers with immediate integration through an adapter created and supported by both Linedata and Electra.
Algorithmic trading is taking hold in foreign exchange – in part due to fallout from the 2013 FX “fixing scandal.” Foreign exchange represents one of the world’s biggest, most liquid and most electronic marketplaces. But while algorithmic trading has become
Hedge funds marked another positive performance month in May, with the industry returning 0.93 per cent through the month to bring year-to-date gains to 1.55 per cent, according to data released by Preqin. Although this does not match the 2.39
