Hedge funds returned -2.60 per cent in January as the asset class recorded its worst monthly performance since 2012, with macro hedge funds the only top-level strategy to post positive returns at 0.98 per cent, according to Preqin. In a
SimCorp has released version 5.9 of SimCorp Dimension, the first of two annual releases. Along with numerous other modules, new features, and further integration across the entire value chain, the release introduces new advanced additions to SimCorp’s Asset Manager. The
Unigestion has hired a fund investment team from the London-based hedge fund group Cube Capital. As part of the deal, Unigestion has acquired the long/short fund managed by the team which identifies equity and credit opportunities linked to market dislocations.
Emerging markets asset management firm The Rohatyn Group (TRG) has appointed Christopher Seaver as a Partner. Seaver is a 24-year veteran in the industry with extensive experience in Asia-Pacific markets. Based in TRG’s Hong Kong office, Seaver will be responsible
Renewed selling pressure has translated into sharp losses for risk assets lately, with the European banking sector at the forefront of the selloff, according to the latest Hedge Fund Brief from Lyxor. As usual in such episodes, equities, commodities and
Cybersecurity specialist Cynet has secured a USD7 million investment from Lazarus, a US-based hedge fund. Cynet was founded in 2015 by Eyal Gruner, Idan Amir, and Boaz Zilber, recognised leaders in Israel’s flourishing cybersecurity industry. Since its launch last year,
Powernext and the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) are to introduce a series of new measures throughout 2016 in order to further accelerate the positive development of the TTF futures market. In 2015, the volumes traded on the TTF
US Listed Options volumes surged in January, while average bid/ask size drops to lowest in two years, according to the January 2016 TABB Options LiquidityMatrix (OLM). “January’s stock-market pain was the options market’s gain, with US listed options volumes rising
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred two Buffalo-based brokers – Timothy S Dembski and Walter F Grenda – from the securities industry for fraud in connection with the sale of a hedge fund, the Prestige Wealth Management Fund.
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 0.9 per cent in January, despite positive performance from five out of the 11 Lyxor Indices, according to Lyxor’s latest Alternative Investment Industry Barometer. The Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+2.2 per cent),
