Hedge funds lost 0.18% in December, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge The Index was up 3.16% in 2014. “Renewed concerns of a Greek exit from the European Union, plummeting oil prices, and swooning Russian financial
Deutsche Börse Group announced today that it has received ‘in-principle’ regulatory clearance from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to set up Eurex Clearing Asia, a clearing house based in Singapore. The new clearing house of Deutsche Börse Group is
Unigestion has launched Uni-Global Cross Asset Navigator, a daily-liquidity, UCITS IV-compliant fund that allocates based on an assessment of the risks associated with the prevailing macroeconomic backdrop. Targeting a return of three-month Libor + 4% per year over a full
HedgeCoVest continues to attract some of the largest managers in the industry to its real time hedge fund replication platform, with USD21bn fund manager Fred Alger Management the newest firm to join the roster. HedgeCoVest’s revolutionary allocation tool, the Replicazor,
London-based SW Mitchell, which manages USD2billion of European equity assets in both long-only and long/short strategies, is scheduled to launch an alternati
977 private equity funds held a final close throughout the year raising a total of USD486bn, higher than any annual amount between 2009 and 2012, and on track to match the 2013 total. Preqin’s Christopher Elvin (pictured) reviews a year of
Swiss-based Decision Analytics Advisory Partners AG, creators of the Next Generation Absolute Return UCITS vehicle, has launched the Secquaero ILS UCITS fund reporte
Hedgebay, the secondary market platform, has confirmed the highest premium transaction on its platform since 2005. The transaction, which was completed last month via its UK regulated authorised agent, potentially signals the return of investor confidence in managers as well
The main event of the week has been the decision of the Swiss National Bank to scrap the cap on the CHF on 15 January. The SNB unexpectedly decided to stop accumulating assets in EUR, a currency that is likely
Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and Nasdaq have officially agreed on the development and support of a next-generation derivatives trading system for the JPX subsidiary, Osaka Exchange. In addition to the trading system, which will operate on Genium INET technology, Osaka
