Markov Processes International (MPI), a provider of investment research, technology, analytics and indices for the global investment management industry, has added new target volatility indices to its growing roster of hedge fund indices. MPI Hedge Fund Indices are designed to
GLG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Man Group, is to close the GLG Alpha Select (Ucits III) Fund to new investment on 10 December 2010 after reaching its asset target of USD550m. Launched on 19 February 2010, the long/short fund,
By Andrew Lapkin – Institutional investors are increasingly shifting their hedge fund investments from traditional, commingled structures to Dedicated Managed Accounts (DMAs). A DMA is a customised single investor hedge fund with portfolio assets ultimately owned (and controlled) by the investor.
LumX Asset Management has been at the forefront of developing innovative alternative investment solutions for more than 25 years. One of the central tenets of its business model is its structured funds platform and structuring business, LumMap, designed to give
Palaedino Asset Management, adviser to the Axiom Fund, and Alix Capital, provider of the Ucits Alternative Index, have launched the first investable Ucits alternative index. The Axiom Ucits Alternative Investable Index Fund is a Ucits III Sicav registered with the
London-headquartered RAB Capital has launched a UCITS III-compliant version of its Cayman Island-domiciled RAB Europe fund (RAB Prime Europe UCITS), which will
LoCorr Funds is reducing the management fees for the LoCorr Macro Strategies Fund and the LoCorr Dynamic Equity Fund. Effective 18 October, the Macro Strategies Fund management fee has been reduced to 1.65 per cent, and the Dynamic Equity Fund
The asset-weighted Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index – USD gained 0.33 per cent in September, outperforming the equal-weighted Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index which declined 0.11 per cent throughout the month. Approximately 49 per cent of the fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge posted positive
BNP Paribas Capital Partners (BNPP CP), BNP Paribas Asset Management’s specialist in external alternative manager selection, has launched an investment programme to provide institutional investors with exposure to the European discounted private debt market. Fundraising is ongoing, with the final
Lazard Asset Management has launched the Lazard International Equity Value Portfolio. The new fund is managed by the Lazard International Equity Value team, who joined LAM earlier this year. “International equity continues to be a strategic focus for Lazard and
