Hedge fund forward redemption notices increased slightly in May according to the latest results issued by one of the industry’s major indicators. The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2011 recorded a modest increase to 3.92%, up from 2.45% in
Hong Kong-based asset management firm Enhanced Investment Products has opened its Aleph Fund to investors. EIP’s Asia (including Japan) multi-strategy, volatility and event driven fund was up 2.43 per cent in October 2009, while the MSCI Far East was down
Paladyne Systems, a provider of technology and services to the global hedge fund Industry, has opened a Hong Kong office in response to an increasing demand for hedge fund technology and services in the Asia Pacific region. Paladyne has appointed
The Syz & Co Group has launched a more balanced strategy for investing into emerging markets based on a better-distributed emerging markets index, developed in-house by the Syz Fund Research unit. This new index – Syz Emerging Markets Index –
The fund of hedge fund sector experienced strong net inflows during the third quarter, with positive absolute returns in each of the individual months, according to a report by Standard & Poor’s. The report, by analyst Randal Goldsmith, says funds
Hedge fund managers are crossing over into the traditional money management space of mutual funds, according to Schooner Investment Group. Greg Levinson (pictured) of Schooner Investment Group did this in early 2008. Levinson, a 15 year hedge fund veteran, launched
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index posted a slight gain of 0.13 per cent in October as market reversals muted performance. This brings the year to date performance of the index to 15.11 per cent through 31 October 2009. Dedicated
There has been considerable market and press debate in the UK in recent weeks about potential changes to the Retail Prices Index, and as usual, various disastrous scenarios have been foretold. Jonathan Gibbs (pictured), Investment Director and Head of Real Returns
Babson Capital Management and Babson Capital Europe have raised in excess of USD1.2bn for the Dublin-domiciled Babson Capital Global Loan Fund in the last 18 months. This takes the AUM of the open-ended high yield credit funds managed by Babson
Concerns have been raised by EFAMA, the European lobby for asset management, that the latest consultation paper from the European Commission on UCITS could damage the unified label of the fund brand reported Citywire Global this week. The paper, entitled
