Del Mar Asset Management has announced plans to launch the Index Opportunities Fund, a carve-out of a strategy that is currently part of the multi-strategy Del Mar Master Fund.
More than three-quarters of institutional and IFA investors in traded life policies will be increasing their exposure to the asset class over the next year, according to a poll by bouti
Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes has temporarily suspended publication of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Distressed Securities Strategy Benchmark until further notice.
The days of highly-leveraged private equity megadeals belong in the past and those that are still getting off the ground tend to be fairly modest.
Continuing volatility in the global markets resulted in the value of Guernsey funds falling by GBP24.5bn or 12.2 per cent during the first quarter of the year, according to Guernsey Fin
New regulatory requirements are improving the quality of the European market for asset-backed securities, according to Swiss & Global. Current new issues are being structured more conservatively, for example, issuers must now hold a minimum percentage of their securitised assets
Current practice in the investment industry fails to draw on widely-published and freely-available techniques in portfolio management techniques, according to the Risk and Asset Managem
For many investors, ETFs are fast becoming an effective way to engage in tactical trading. And when it comes to investment tactics, commodities represent one of the most challenging arenas in which to participate. Last year, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Magnum has launched a fund that invests in arbitrage and relative value opportunities in Asia, particularly in convertible bonds, capital structures, and mergers and acquisitions.
Investors continued to allocate new capital to hedge funds through and despite the volatile performance environment in 2Q11, as new allocations to the hedge fund industry totalled nearly USD30 billion in 2Q11, according to data released today by HFR in
