The hedge fund industry has continued its recovery from the financial crisis of 2008 by posting the strongest gains since 1999, according to Hedge Fund Research. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 20.1 per cent in 2009, just one
Oil – According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) US oil production increased by 1.2m barrels per day last year to 8.7m barrels per day: the biggest annual change in US field production of crude oil in over a
Institutional investors in Europe plan to reallocate their portfolios in the next 12 months adding equities and alternative investments at the expense of developed market sovereign debt, says AllianzGI. A new survey has found that, like their global peers, around 30 per
Asset Control, a provider of financial data management solutions, enjoyed a record year for client signings in 2009 and completed a programme of new products and enhancements. The firm added more new clients in 2009 than any other year on
Aggregate hedge fund performance was down slightly at -0.17% in March, although hedge funds beat the S&P 500 for the quarter, up +1.23% for Q1 vs. the S&P’s performance of +0.96%, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance Report. Hiding in
Hedge funds lost 0.24 per cent in April, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 1.14 per cent in 2014. “Intra-month volatility in global equity markets proved troublesome for equity long/short funds
Hedge fund assets under management have reached an all-time high of USD2.938 trillion, according to eVestment’s April 2014 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The previous high was set in Q2 2008 just a few months before the height of the
Panthera Solutions, an alternative investment consultancy in Monte Carlo, is offering its European customers premium access to the world’s most renowned hedge funds. Until now, investing in top managers was almost impossible for smaller insurance companies, regional banks and HNWIs.
Over 70 per cent of AlphaClone’s 3,100 simulated hedge fund clone portfolios beat the S&P 500 market index in 2009, with over half outperforming by ten percentage points or more. Leveraging the publicly disclosed stock picks of the world’s top
The Alternative Investments Conference organised by the London School of Economics private equity society and financial markets group has attracted unprecedented interest among students and financial institutions with over six top-level students competing for each place available. Despite the fact
