HFR has launched two new indices, the HFR Blockchain Composite Index and the HFR Cryptocurrency Index, the first family of indices designed to capture performance of hedge funds investing in this rapidly evolving space. The HFR Blockchain Composite Index includes
Managed futures strategies slumped to their worst month of the year in September, with trend-following hedge funds caught out by sharp reversals in momentum across several markets and asset classes. CTAs, which aim to profit from various trends across equities,
Fintech company, Gold-i has partnered with Aqua Digital Rising, a new alternative asset investment platform that allows people to invest in indices based on human beings.Gold-i is integrating Aqua Digital Rising into its Matrix multi-asset liquidity management platform, enabling brokers
FTSE Russell’s decision to include Chinese sovereign bonds in its flagship government bond index could offer hedge fund investors fresh alpha-generating and AUM-raising opportunities amid a wave of overseas capital inflows into the market. FTSE Russell said last month it
Managed futures funds posted a second straight losing month in October, down 0.30 per cent for the month, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. For the year-to-date, CTAs were up 1.53 per
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -0.51 p[er cent in October, underperforming the -0.22 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire
The State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for November 2017 decreased to 97.1, down 1.0 point from October’s revised reading of 98.1. The minor decline in global sentiment was driven largely by a 12.0 point drop in the European ICI
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) have launched a comprehensive suite of 21 alternative risk premia benchmark indices. The Bloomberg GSAM Risk Premia Indices, available through the Bloomberg Terminal, represent fully transparent and replicable indices of widely accepted alternative risk
Building on its indexing and liquid alternative asset management business in the United States, New York-based ABR Dynamic Funds, LLC has launched its first Irish-domiciled UCITS V fund. The fund, which seeks US equities participation in a bull market and
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.59 per cent in January, outperforming the 0.50 per cent monthly return for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
