Hedge fund managers ended April 2019 up 1.05 per cent on an equal-weighted basis, and 1.00 per cent on an asset-weighted basis. Roughly 70.6 per cent of the hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge recorded positive returns over the month.
By Lisa Shea, Manager, Fund Governance Solutions – While some may have dragged mutual funds out to the cart to be hauled away, they remain a sizeable and still growing presence in our industry. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are also growing,
A bad month for share prices made relatively little impact on investors in May, according to the latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) from global funds transaction network Calastone, but mainly because buyers have been on strike now for months. Calastone
Legg Mason and affiliate Permal are to acquire Fauchier Partners, a European-based manager of funds of hedge funds, from BNP Paribas Investment Partners. The deal, which will see Fauchier Partners combine with Permal, will create an institutionally focused platform with
Lars Kroijer describes the unusual combination of event analysis and fundamental value analysis that distinguishes Holte Capital Fund. Lars Kroijer is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Holte Capital Ltd, a London based hedge fund, which invests in European market
Platinum Capital Management has teamed up with leading Swedish investment manager Catella Asset Management to launch the Platinum Nordic Fund.
Polar Capital, the specialist investment management firm, has launched The Polar Capital Discovery Absolute Return Fund. The new vehicle is a global macro fund covering developed and developing markets with a primary focus on currency. The Fund, which Polar believes
Global Advisors, the commodity hedge fund manager, this week launched two new funds based on systematic quantitative models developed in-house.
The Baring Asia Hedge Select Fund, launched in May 2003, has completed a three-year track record, returning 13.9% (annualised) since launch.
Julius Baer, in partnership with Sydney-based Aurora Funds Management, is tapping into the Australian wholesale market with an absolute return fund
