Preqin recently surveyed over 50 managers of dedicated secondaries assets to find out about their activity in 2014 and to assess their outlook on the market for 2015. Patrick Adefuye analyses the key findings from these results. 2014 was not
Total volume in equity derivatives futures and options registered through NYSE Liffe’s Bclear OTC wholesale service has just passed 250 million, setting a new record for the fourth consecutive year. Bclear provides a cost-effective way to register and process wholesale
Mariner Holdings has acquired a controlling interest in Palmer Square Capital Management, an alternative investment management firm based in Kansas City that specialises in funds investing in hedge funds and private equity funds. Mariner chief executive Marty Bicknell (pictured) says:
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (HFI) posted positive performance in March, up 0.12%, with five out of ten strategies in the index posting positive performance for the month. Emerging Markets was the best performing sector in March,
Managed account programs are largely resistant to fee compression, according to new research from Cerulli Associates "Within the managed accounts practice at Cerulli, the questions most frequently asked by our clients relate to fees," explains Tom O'Shea, associate director at
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global securities data, has launched the African Economic Data Service (AFED), a source of macroeconomic and financial data for all 54 countries in Africa. For the first time, this new service provides AFED’s
Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 2.11 per cent in November, bringing year-to-date performance to 17.53 per cent. Managed futures and global macro led the performance among sectors, returning 4.94 per cent and
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co has added a new Equity Securities Lending team to the Cantor Prime Services Group with the hiring of Securities Lending veterans Allen Wolkow and Janah Angelou, who will co-manage the effort. Wolkow and Angelou were co-founders
While the past year has not been comfortable for the hedge fund industry, it has not brought any significant challenge to the position of the Cayman Islands as the world’s leading offshore he
Hedge funds based in the Asia-Pacific region employ women in 11 per cent of C-level positions, higher than managers in North America and Europe, according to research by Preqin. By comparison, North America employs 10.9 per cent, while Europe-based managers
