After the market decline of 2008, the hedge fund industry experienced a significant contraction that was driven by negative performance, heavy redemptions and almost a complete seizing of inflows. The major question running through the hedge fund industry today according
JP Morgan has successfully achieved two major tri-party repo milestones – the implementation of three-way trade matching for US Tri-Party Repo dealers and cash investors on 29 August, and the move of the daily unwind to 3:30 pm on 22
This year’s Hedgeweek USA Awards event, held at the ‘Les Trois’ private room at Restaurant Ca Va in the Intercontinental Hotel, brought together an exclusive group of some of the hedge fund industry’s leading practitioners. Fom leading high yield credit
Before the 2008 financial crisis, The USA’s largest financial institutions were trading complicated derivatives, called swaps, in the shadows, which helped propel the economy into a downward spiral, says Gary Gensler is chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Though
Fund administrator HedgeServ has expanded its international platform with the opening of an office in London on 22 August. The office, located at 21 Upper Brook Street, W1, will focus on business development with hedge funds, funds of hedge funds,
The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge funds in the Morningstar hedge fund database, rose 1.1% in July, outpacing the S&P 500’s 2.0% decline for the month. “Global equity markets struggled in July
Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund is urging shareholders of Sapporo to support the election of its ten-person slate to Sapporo’s board of directors at the company’s annual general meeting scheduled for 30 March 2010. Steel Partners has also called for
Deutsche Börse has completed its review of potential measures to further increase the efficiency of the group and has resolved the next phase of a multi-year programme to optimise operational processes and structures across the group. The objective of the
Quantifi, a provider of valuation models and risk management software for the global credit and interest rate markets, has been selected by Pine River Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm, for pricing and analysis of global credit products. Pine
Fischer Francis Trees & Watts (FFTW), the global fixed income partner of BNP Paribas Investment Partners, has promoted Kenneth O’Donnell, CFA, to Head of Short Duration. He will be responsible for performance, growth and development of short duration strategies firm
