In a strong month for the global hedge fund industry, emerging markets hedge funds continued to shine the brightest, according to the August 2017 eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report. Brazil-focused funds lead the pack in August with +5.34 per cent
Preqin’s latest survey of alternative assets investors finds that they have generally been satisfied with the performance of their portfolios in recent years, and most are seeking to maintain or increase their allocations over the next 12 months. However, across
By Don Steinbrugge (pictured), Agecroft Partners – Hedge fund managers focused on structured credit strategies can be simplistically divided into two categories: beta managers or alpha generators. Many investors believe the beta opportunity born out of the financial crisis has substantially run
The August 2017 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR6,045 million, up 24.8 per cent compared to August 2016 and down 18.9 per cent from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on
SIX has reported strong results for the first six months of 2017 with an operating income of CHF 929.7 million for the period. Adjusted for special effects in the first half of 2016 (CHF29.9 million), operating income is up by
JCRA Group, a provider of hedging, financial risk and debt consultancy services, including interest rate and foreign exchange advice, has secured the backing of private investor clients of Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business, for its GBP13.6million management
The Phelix-DE product suite, which launched on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in April this year, has been widely welcomed by the market, and is quickly establishing itself as the new benchmark product for German power. EEX says that increasing
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2017 measured 3.55 per cent, up from 2.57 per cent in July. “SS&C GlobeOps’ Forward Redemption Indicator of 3.55 per cent for August 2017 reflects solid year-over-year improvement from the 3.86 per
Hedge funds generated gains in July 2017 of 1.15 per cent, continuing a streak of nine consecutive months of positive returns, according to Preqin’s latest Hedge Fund Performance Update. This has helped the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark post returns
Strong institutional demand for comprehensive and robust performance benchmarks for risk parity products has prompted HFR to launched the HFR Risk Parity Indices, which are available to both investors and managers. Risk parity is a portfolio allocation strategy based on targeting
