James Klempster (pictured), head of portfolio management at Momentum Global Investment Management asks, has quantitative easing become a victim of its own success? While it had been used before, Quantitative Easing (QE) really only came into our collective consciousness when
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for March 2016 measured 0.90 per cent, while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 0.95 per cent in April. “Reflecting typical seasonal
One of the biggest drivers of change in the alternative funds market in recent years has been large institutions investing directly into large blue chip managers, concentrating 80 per cent of the industry's total AUM in the upper decile of
IPC Systems has partnered with Algomi, a network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, to deliver DealCall, an application which will run over IPC's Financial Markets Cloud. DealCall will be integrated into both Algomi's award-winning
CME Group has cleared its first interest rate swaptions trade and in doing so become the forst clearing house to offer swaptions clearing. Five clearing members are approved to clear swaptions, including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi and RBS plc. Several
Wilshire Associates Incorporated has launched Wilshire Omnia, a single platform, fully integrated solution that delivers comprehensive portfolio risk analysis, attribution and performance measurement across markets and asset classes. Incorporating state-of-the-art, multi-asset class analytics, and an intuitive user experience, Wilshire Omnia
Investment manager Ramius has partnered with Samantha Greenberg's newly-launched Margate Capital, a multi-sector equity long/short alternative asset manager. Ramius is providing seed capital to the new joint-venture. Founded this year, Margate will pursue a fundamental long/short equity strategy emphasising catalysts
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark posted 2.82 per cent in March, the best monthly return for the asset class since January 2012 (+3.06 per cent), and only the third positive monthly return since May 2015. All leading hedge fund
The growing scarcity of bank lending in the commercial property sector continues to create opportunities for alternative debt providers seeking to generate secure income. Now, a slowdown in property price growth has further improved prospects for the asset class, says
Altarius Asset Management (Altarius) and Portcullis Asset Management Limited (Portcullis), both licensed by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), have formed a strategic alliance to deliver a full suite of evolutionary AIFM services to alternative investment funds regardless of their
