While hedge funds struggled in Q4, so did passive investments. Could higher volatility in 2019 help active stock pickers shine? The fourth quarter of 2018 culminated in a substantial market correction. Everywhere one looked, it was a sea of red.
The performance of broad hedge fund indices signal a sharp rebound of Special Situation strategies in January (+6.3 per cent), followed by L/S Equity strategies (+5.5 per cent), according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and the management of The TCW Group, an asset management firm, are to acquire TCW from Société Générale. As a result of the transaction, TCW management and employees will increase their ownership in
Last month saw the UCITS Alternative Index Global return 0.84 per cent according to its Geneva-based provider, Alix Capital. That leaves it up 0.50 per cent for the year.
InfraHedge, a managed account infrastructure platform and a subsidiary of State Street, has been chosen by Milltrust International Group for the launch of its Emerging Markets Managed Accounts (EMMA plc) platform, a dedicated emerging markets fund management platform housed within
Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider, has become the latest firm from Jersey to be admitted as a Listing Member of The International Stock Exchange (TISE). Alter Domus (Jersey) Listing Services Limited has been approved to act as
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 2.02 per cent in January, slightly under performing the 2.13 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund
AlphaMetrix LLC, founder of the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace (AGM), has acquired the hedge fund managed account assets of WR Group LLC. The acquisition of WR’s managed account assets across multiple strategies and asset classes will serve to strengthen the depth
Prestige Funds, a specialist in the management and distribution of direct lending funds, has launched a new multi-manager investment fund that will specialise in allocating to both UK and international private debt and high yield credit managers. ‘Multi Finance Opportunities
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2019 measured 3.59 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 1.11 per cent in February. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index
