The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (CSLAB), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 1.38% in July. The Long/Short Equity strategy was the strongest performer for the month and year-to-date, finishing up
Graham Martin (pictured), managing director of Optima Fund Management, comments on investing in the current market in the UK… Almost a week on from the Bank of England’s ‘Average Thursday’, it is apparent that the decision to leave UK rates
Jabre Capital Partners has launched the JABCAP (LUX) – Emerging Markets Fund, the third on Jabre Capital’s UCITS platform JABCAP (LUX), which is based and regulated in Luxembourg. The new Fund, set to open on 15 June 2015, will be
Following on from last week’s extract from the Preqin Hedge Fund Spotlight | May 2015, which focused on the largest hedge fund managers in the industry, Simon Dhadwal takes an in-depth look at the ‘USD1bn Club’ of institutional investors allocating
Institutional asset owners recorded a median gain of 0.2 per cent in Q2, according to Northern Trust Universe data. This marks a drop from the 4 per cent median gain in the second quarter last year and 2.3 per cent
All lights turned green for Hedge funds after a difficult start to the month. All strategies ended the week in the black pushing the Lyxor Hedge Fund index higher, however, the index remains negative at -0.2 per cent month to
Irish accountancy firm MKO is joining with US accountancy firm, EisnerAmper, to form a new global network called EisnerAmper Global. MKO will now trade under the brand of EisnerAmper Ireland. Alistair MacDonald, managing partner of EisnerAmper Ireland, believes the firm
Kintore, the new investment system based on gold from Insch has seen a return of 11.5 per cent in its first month of trading client capital. Insch Kintore is entirely algorithmic and the company says that ‘for reasons of
American Capital is to launch American Capital CLO Fund I, LP, a new USD450 million fund focused on investing in equity tranches of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs). Closing of the Fund is expected to occur within 90 days and is
CSC is to acquire Fixnetix, a provider of front-office managed trading solutions in capital markets, enabling CSC to offer capital market clients an expanded range of as-a-service front office capabilities. the acquisition will also strengthen CSC’s ability to address growing
