Investors withdrew USD10.99 billion from the global hedge fund business in June, the second month this year net flows for the business were negative, according to the just-released eVestment June 2021 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Net flows were also
Investment managers pressured by rising costs, increased transparency demands and the need to generate consistent performance are looking to harness the full potential of data in order to compete and position their firms for the future, according to a survey
The year-long reflation trade in equity markets has left stocks looking “extremely expensive” compared to bonds, with the volume of short positions now at its lowest level in some 15 years, according to Man Group.
A total of 60 per cent of institutions believe that settlement failures attributed to inadequacies of the middle-office are still a significant problem in their organisation, according to a new global survey conducted by Torstone Technology, a SaaS provider of
Private debt strategies continue to gain investor traction, as institutional allocators look to increasingly esoteric ‘alternative’ fixed- income- style products, according to interviews with global and boutique investment consultancies conducted by Hedgeweek.
Australian investors are showing an increased interest in hedge funds after the sector demonstrated its robustness during the pandemic, and are now seeing how they could provide opportunities for protection against the spectre of inflation. This is the view of Scott Pappas, Head of Alternatives and Derivative Solutions at
FINCAD, a specialist in providing pricing, modelling, and risk analytics, has partnered with Fite Analytics, an innovator and provider of bond data and analytics solutions, to expand its derivatives analytics services with comprehensive fixed income data and insights. Read the
Macrobond, a provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector data for finance professionals, has onboarded an additional 32 customers globally in Q2 2021, including economic consultancies, corporates, asset managers and large pension funds – the most significant growth for
Digital asset investment products saw inflows of USD489m last week, the largest inflows since February this year, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares. The high inflows conceal varied flows amongst providers with many seeing
As global economies prepare to unlock, potentially driving up inflation and interest rates, hedge funds’ low sensitivity to rate moves can help bolster investors’ portfolio performance, says K2 Advisors, the hedge fund investing unit of Franklin Templeton.
