Alternative UCITS funds absolute were slightly down in July with the UAI Global index losing 0.33 per cent according to Alix Capital, the index provider. Commodity and equity focused funds were the hardest hit because of challenging conditions in their
Dean Newman (pictured), Head of Emerging Markets Equities at Invesco Perpetual, comments on a perceptible shift in economic power due to emerging markets’ growing share in global GDP… Since the Bretton Woods agreement in 1944, the world’s economic order has
Fortress Investment Group has held the successful close of Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Investors (FTAI) at its cap of USD995 million in total commitments. FTAI was originally raised as a USD395 million fund; this was followed by a subsequent
Quad Advisors, a hedge fund incubator and accelerator, has signed two growing hedge funds as its first resident firms. Quad Advisors provides small and mid-size hedge funds a scalable trading platform, in-house analyst research, risk assessment, accounting and technology services,
Ahead of the Bank of Japan Outlook Report on Tuesday 14 of October, Graham Martin, Managing Director of Optima Fund Management (Europe), comments on the need for inflation in Japan’s weakening economy… With recent IMF growth projections down, the Japanese
Wolf Hedge, a management company for Seven Sages Long Short Fund, has launched its second fund, Wolf Hedge Global LP. The fund's registration has been filed in Delaware and the Cayman Islands. Wolf Hedge will be taking subscriptions of
The current state of the US economy is ‘just right’, according to Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer, UK, at Coutts… Recent data shows the US economy is still in the Goldilocks zone – not so hot that the Federal Reserve
Anavon Capital has launched the Anavon Global Equity Long/Short UCITS fund on the Alpha UCITS Platform. The fund will be run pari passu with Anavon’s global long/short strategy. Tages Capital has acted as day one investor ensuring the UCITS
Man Group has closed the acquisition of Pine Grove Asset Management, a US-based fund of hedge fund manager specialising in the management of credit-focused hedge fund portfolios. Pine Grove has approximately USD1.0 billion of assets under management. The close
Mount Lucas Management has launched MLM Symmetry, a globally diversified and quantitatively driven macro strategy. The fund officially launched on 1 September 2014 with over USD50 million in assets, comprised of seed capital from firm partners and a large US
