North American funds barely avoided dipping back into the red year-to-date in November, as the losses they suffered in October and November wiped most of the gains they made in 2018. The Eurekahedge North American Hedge Fund Index ended November
PEGAS, The pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, has reported another strong month of trading on its spot segment with 95.4 TWh in December 2018. The total volume traded during the last month of 2018 amounted to 158.1 TWh
Nasdaq has launched a Corporate Bond exchange for listing and trading of corporate bonds which was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 13 November 2018. “Fixed income investors have undergone a number of market structure and technological
High volatility in global markets kept investors away in December, according to the latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) from global funds transaction network Calastone. Investor sentiment remained cautious following continued macroeconomic and political uncertainty. The Fund Flow Index fell to
Hedge funds were down 0.82 per cent in December, outperforming the MSCI AC World Index (Local) which declined 7.61 per cent over the month. A vast majority of the hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge outperformed the market index in
HFR and Morningstar have launched a strategic distribution partnership with Morningstar Direct Institutional Software. HFR is a leading provider of indices, data and analysis for the hedge fund industry, and Morningstar, Inc is a leading provider of independent investment research.
Chris Galizio, a former portfolio manager at Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (FIAM), has connected with LHA Ventures as portfolio manager and seed investor in the LHA Focused Long-Short Fund. After a nearly thirteen-year career at Pioneer Investments and a ten-year
Sterling Partners Quantitative Investments (SPQI), an investment manager specialising in a variety of quantitative alternative investment strategies, has launched its Equity Market Neutral Strategy. SPQI is an affiliate of Sterling Partners (Sterling), a diversified investment management firm based in Chicago.
The Irish Minister for Finance has approved, in principal, the development of legislation for a new corporate fund structure intended to meet US ‘check the box’ requirements and reduce
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -1.59 per cent in December, outperforming the -1.93 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
