The stampede of investors and dealers into highly liquid rates products during and in the immediate aftermath of the global credit crisis dramatically altered the composition of US fixed income markets. History suggests that this trend should reverse itself in
CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider, has today published the Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report, which provides retail and institutional investors, regulators and the industry as a whole with an independent classification of crypto assets, based on the depth, breadth and
Carrousel Capital, the closed end fund arbitrageur run by Bruno Sangle-Ferriere, has celebrated its tenth anniversary this week with the launch of the Centrix IX hedge fund. Named after the three French grand ecoles from which its directors graduated, Centrix
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 1.90 per cent in July, bringing its year-to-date performance to 1.87 per cent. This follows a decline of 1.35 per cent in June 2010. In July the S&P 500 increased 6.88 per cent (-1.21
Man has reported statutory profit before tax from continuing operations of USD193 million for the nine months ended 31 December 2011 (12 months ended 31 March 2011: USD324 million), which is in line with estimates reported in the group’s 18
Despite the FSA’s inability to uncover any evidence of trading irregularities by former Gartmore star trader Guillaume Rambourg there has been no attempt to build bridges with news that Rambourg’s new firm, Verrazzano Capital Partners, is preparing to launch a
A regeneration of the capital markets enabled a relatively successful 2009 for the hedge fund industry, research by KPMG shows. However, in an industry where transparency is becoming a critical component of client management, the years ahead will see the
The financial services industry in the Cayman Islands has rejected claims by a US business group that low or no-tax jurisdictions hurt the US economy because they encourage tax evasion. "The deliberate misrepresentation of lawful tax structuring as illegal tax
Investors removed an estimated USD14.72 billion from hedge funds in September pushing Q3 net flows into negative territory with an estimated USD5.71 billion leaving the industry in Q3, according to the September 2018 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Year-to-date
Dutch hedge funds avoided most of the drawdowns in equity markets in June. The Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index fell by 1.04 per cent versus a loss of 4.3 per cent for the MSCI World index. The performance of Dutch
