The RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 1.02 per cent in November, bringing the year-to-date return of the index to 18.48 per cent. These returns are estimated and will be finalised by the middle of next month.
The international derivatives exchange Eurex has admitted Nanhua Futures (Hong Kong) Co Ltd as a new trading participant based in Hong Kong. Nanhua Futures is the Hong Kong subsidiary of one of the leading futures brokers from the People’s Republic
Hedge funds finished November in positive territory as global stock markets resumed their upward trend, according to a report by Lipper. The Lipper Hedge Fund Composite Index was up 0.90 per cent in the month of its launch. Equity hedge
The City of New Haven’s Employee Retirement Fund has invested USD8m in IndexIQ’s multi-strategy hedge fund replication separately managed account vehicle. The IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy SMA is designed to be liquid, transparent and low cost. This allocation represents the first
James Skeggs, Head of Research for Newedge, takes a look at the potential benefits and costs of portfolio rebalancing. At the outset of his research, Skeggs expected that regularly rebalancing a portfolio would produce measurably better outcomes when considered in
By Donald A Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – There is a constant flow of articles in the media articulating that hedge funds have performed badly because they have underperformed the S&P 500 index. Many of these articles suggest that it is
The Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors, predicted silver would outperform gold in early 2009 and advised clients to accumulate positions in the precious metal as it appeared under-priced relative to gold. Charles Gradante, co-founder of the Hennessee
The hedge fund industry redeemed USD8.9 billion (0.4% of assets) in January, down from December’s outflow of USD28.1 billion (1.1% of assets), which was the largest since April 2009, according to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research. “The hedge fund industry
Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded the outlook for US long term debt from stable to negative. They said there was a 1 in 3 chance that this would lead to downgrade of US debt from its current AAA-rating within
As of 1 March 2015, it has become mandatory for fund managers distributing their products in Switzerland to commission a Swiss legal representative and paying agent. Regulatory compliance is the name of the game when it comes to the service
