“There has been a lot of fund activity in Luxembourg this year focused on private equity and real estate. It’s an area of growing investor demand. They are looking for different options now and ways for investing that go beyond
Donald A. Steinbrugge (pictured), Managing Member Agecroft Partners, LLC, predicts that United States public pension funds will increase their allocation to hedge funds at a faster rate than corporate pension plans due to sweeping new corporate pension legislation that is just
Thomas Morrow, ex Winton Capital Management senior scientist, plus other leading experts in the field of quantitative trading, have teamed up to expand the successful Aquantum index business to provide systematic managed futures funds and managed accounts. Morrow left Winton
State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) has launched State Street MediaStats Macro Linkages, a new set of quantitative investment insights derived from digital media. First launched in 2016 with State Street partner MKT MediaStats, LLC, the new solution collects unstructured data from
The Newedge Volatility Trading Index fell by an estimated 0.47 per cent in November, compared with a rise of 0.34 per cent the previous month. Year-to-date the index is down 0.83 per cent. Since inception it has returned 10.94
Gartmore Group, a traditional equity and alternative asset management firm, has priced its initial public offering of ordinary shares at 220 pence per share. Based upon the offer price, the market capitalisation of Gartmore at the commencement of conditional dealings
Characterised by election fever, 2010 will see changes to the flow of funds, an increase in the use of Ucits wrappers by hedge funds and an opportunity for growth with defined contribution pensions, according to Tom Brown, European head of
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 1.80% in May. Year-to-date performance as of May 2011 is up 0.30%. The month of May was quite volatile and negative for the majority of Hedge Fund strategies. The top performing strategies year-to-date
IMQubator, the hedge fund seeding platform backed by APG, will transform its current Multi Manager Fund into a limited‐life vehicle, while simultaneously developing a second fund, which also will invest in hedge fund start-ups. Both vehicles will be open to
More than half (57 per cent) of institutional investors plan to narrow down the number of different alternative asset managers they work with in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey by UBS Fund Services and PwC.
