Swiss Alpha, an alternative asset manager specialising in systematically managed and quantitative based alternative investment strategies, has launched the Swiss Alpha Sicav Strategy Europe Fund. In November 2006 the firm launched its Alpha Strategies Fund based on the arrow option
In an environment where efficient and cost-effective access to research is more important than ever, investment managers around the world are turning to TheMarkets.com for a comprehensive research and estimates platform designed to simplify and speed buy-side workflow. TheMarkets.com offers
US-dollar, euro and sterling prime money market funds (MMFs) have increased their sensitivity to interest rates in the first two months of 2014, meaning their stressed net asset values have deteriorated, according to Moody’s. In US domiciled funds, aggregate exposure
Some 84 per cent of institutional investment managers expect corporate earnings to increase in the coming quarter and 84 per cent believe that global growth will accelerate in the next six months, according to a poll by Northern Trust Global
Barclays Stockbrokers has launched two FTSE 100 structured products. The firm says the recent rally in global stock markets has been significant, but investor opinion is divided as to what the future holds for the market over the medium term.
Investor demand for Ucits funds continues to strengthen, with net Ucits sales of EUR36m in August, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association. From January to August 2009 total net sales of Ucits reached EUR128bn. Long-term Ucits (excluding
Hedge Fund Research has selected Castlestone Management’s Aliquot Gold Bullion Fund as a constituent of its HFRX indices. The HFRX indices are investable products built using a Ucits III-compliant method. The Aliquot Gold Bullion Fund offers 100 per cent
SEI has signed ten new collective investment trust managers over the past eight months. According to Cerulli Associates, CITs represented about USD733bn in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including defined benefit and defined contribution plan assets as of 30 June 2009. SEI
Hedge funds consolidated their upward trend in September, with all hedge fund strategies except dedicated short-bias (-1.22 per cent) ending the month in positive territory, according to a report by Lipper. A series of positive US macro readings, the IMF’s
In the midst of a shifting market environment, alternative fund managers are experiencing a surge of demand for primary financing activity. The increasing demand for private debt investment products and, as a result, the increase in private debt holdings, has
