Hedge funds were down last week, though they outperformed equity benchmarks and a diversified 60/40 equity/bond portfolio, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Lyxor writes: “High beta strategies, in which we have been defensive
A survey by London-based KDK Asset Management has found that the vast majority of FoHF managers are heading down the Ucits road, despite their poor performance this year (-0.83 per cent YTD)
Investment fund manager and structured investments innovator Larry Goldfarb is launching a new institutional fund, BayStar Ventures LLC. The fund, which will have o
Latest figures released by the UCITS Alternative Index Global show that it climbed +0.53 per cent last month, yielding an overall figure of -0.28% YTD.
Global Advisors, the New York-based commodity hedge fund manager, has taken on Matthew Simsic and Adam Hoffman to develop natural gas trading. Matthew and Adam are
Hedge Funds slipped 0.02 per cent in September according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 0.57 per cent increase in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index is
Fimat Group has announced that two further hedge funds were added to the Fimat Volatility Arbitrage Median (FV
Julius Baer is set to launch its fourth single manager hedge fund, the JB Convertible and High Yield Hedge Fund, on 1 July 2005. The fund will focus on convertible
EFAMA has warned that the UCITS brand would lose its competitive edge under the proposed financial transaction tax (also referred to as the Tobin tax) and cause investors to seek alternative invest
Schroders is preparing to launch a European equities total return fund to meet growing investor demand for low-volatility vehicles focused on European equity markets
