Thirty two per cent of market participants are currently booking Synthetic Financing transactions such as Total Return Swaps and Portfolio Swaps, according to a survey by swaps technology provider 4sight and consultancy The Field Effect. A further 18 per cent
Global investors have raised their holdings of cash significantly in response to a weaker global economic outlook, particularly in China, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for July. Overall, equity allocations are unaffected by the higher risk
A new report from Cerulli Associates finds that the hunt for a better return is leading growing numbers of European retail investors toward alternative funds. This phenomenon will create opportunities for asset managers willing to be flexible on fee structures,
As the level of convergence continues to rise amongst traditional long-only fund management houses and hedge fund managers, the liquid alternatives space has emerged to become one of the most dominant structural developments in the funds industry. In Europe, the
By Robin Sarkar, State Street – In the case of liquid alternatives, investors would be especially smart to pay heed to an age old piece of advice: buyer beware. That's because, despite their differences when compared with traditional alternative investment vehicles,
Lyxor Asset Management operates the largest commingled hedge fund managed account platform (MAP), but over the last couple of years it has made inroads to build out a similar offering in the UCITS space. The Lyxor Alternative UCITS platform has
With increased volatility starting to buffer equity and bond markets, investors have taken reassurance from the fact that the FundLogic Alternatives platform may provide the fund strategies needed to navigate the uncertainty. Since the start of June, German bund yields
The liquid alternatives space, which by definition includes alternative UCITS funds in Europe and '40 Act registered alternative mutual funds in the US, is not only attracting strong inflows. According to latest research from Preqin, the average alternative mutual fund
SYZ Asset Management, the investment funds arm of Swiss banking group SYZ, offers investors two unique long/short strategies in its OYSTER UCITS-compliant fund range. The main differentiators between the two funds are summarised in the table. Both funds are Luxembourg-domiciled,
The latest research by Preqin into hedge fund performance finds that as of the end of August, large hedge funds – those with AUM of USD1 billion or more – posted the greatest returns of any size category. They outperformed
