Standard & Poor’s, the financial research, ratings and indices group, has launched the S&P Hedge Fund Index and three style sub-indices. The S&P Hedge Fund Index comprises 40 funds representing nine distinct hedge fund investment strategies grouped into three broad
Hedge funds posted mixed performance for September as US bonds yields increased, with strategy gains led by fixed income- based Relative Value Arbitrage, while Macro Currency led sub-strategy performance as the US Dollar gained against the Japanese Yen. The HFRI
Optimal Asset Management has launched a direct indexing service for institutional investors and investment advisors. The indices available for direct indexing are S&P Dow Jones Indices’ flagship S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600 and select factor indices. Since
Barclays Capital and Signet Capital Management are launching a bond offering access to a diversified, multi-manager, multi-strategy fund of hedge funds. Performance
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2018 measured 2.73 per cent, up from 2.40 per cent in July. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2018 of 2.73 per cent was a very strong result for the hedge fund industry,
Newly-authorised investment manager AlphaTran Capital has launched a global long/short equity fund with a value and large capitalisation bias.
AMSYS Capital has launched its first Digital Asset Fund, an actively-managed fund designed to hedge against the volatility of the crypto-currency market. AMSYS says the fund will leverage the ecosystem of its advisory companies – Amsys Innovative Solutions (a 15
Fortis has made a series of appointments to its fund services and prime brokerage divisions. In New York, Michael J.
Tiger Bay Advisors, a provider of consulting and business process outsourcing (BPO) services to asset managers, has completed its acquisition of Gramercy Park Advisors, a boutique strategic advisory firm focused on the asset management industry. The combination marks a
Private equity firm GTCR has completed the previously announced acquisitions of Ultimus Fund Solutions and The Gemini Companies in a strategic combination. The combined company, which will operate as Ultimus Fund Solutions, is a provider of full service fund administration,
