Two out six of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices recorded positive performance in January. The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Index led the way with a return of 0.33 per cent followed by the IQ Merger Arbitrage
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2016 measured -2.86 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.66 per cent in February. "SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement
US private equity and real estate groups are paying close attention to the opportunities on offer in Ireland to pick up distressed assets, as the ripples of the '08 financial crisis continue to be felt there. Whether they are buying
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has welcomed the common approach adopted by the European Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on the equivalence of central counterparty (CCP) regimes. ESMA Sees this as an important step
Parametric Portfolio Associates has added a new Liquid Alternative strategy to its suite of Volatility Risk Premium (VRP) strategies. The Parametric Liquid Alternative strategy is designed to provide investors with a diversifying risk premium that targets risk-adjusted returns similar to
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, has launched its data quality management program. Based on a set of clearly defined criteria, the program
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has released a new guide to operational risk management for alternative asset management firms. The AIMA Guide to Sound Practices for Operational Risk Management focuses on a wide variety of risks that could result
A new financial platform is aiming to bridge the gap between simple words and complex investment strategy. For the first time, investors and traders can write down their ideas which are then analysed, optimised, converted into investment strategies and executed
A total of 42 hedge fund deals were closed or announced globally in 2015, exceeding the 32 transactions that closed in 2014, according to the 4th edition of Madison Capital’s hedge fund industry M&A overview. Additionally, 2015 transaction volume as
BIL Manage Invest, the third-party management company of the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) Group has received approval from the CSSF_ to launch its Lux Multimanager SICAV, a hosted “rent-a-compartment” UCITS fund platform. Lux Multimanager SICAV provides third-party investment managers,
