Stockholm-based CTA specialist RPM Risk & Portfolio Management has launched a new fund with a focus on smaller “evolving” CTAs. The new fund, the RPM Evolving CTA Fund, will invest in a portfolio of CTA managers across three strategic groups
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, continued to capitalise on opportunities across most global markets in February as equities, credit and commodities markets rallied. The Index was up 1.38%, with eight out
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal court consent order requiring defendants Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC (BRM), of Barrington, Ill, and its principals, John M Marshall and Stephen Z Adams, Brookshire Raw Materials Group, Inc
By Marianne Scordel – Summer in London brings with it a whole new wave of would be hedge fund managers, who have either left their employers as part of a pre-bonus cost-cutting exercise, or are planning to do so once
Numen Capital LLP was founded in May 2008 by Filippo Lanza and Kushal Kumar. The firm’s flagship mandate is the Numen Credit Opportunities Fund, an event-driven credit special situations strategy. The fund looks at opportunities in the liquid credit space
It’s been a great year for independently owned Meridian Fund Services. The announcement of being voted Best Offshore Hedge Fund Administrator in this year’s Hedgeweek US Awards, which took place in New York on Thursday 6 June 2013, comes on
The market rally in 2013 hasn’t necessarily translated into significant trade volumes among hedge fund managers. This is primarily due to the fact that the market’s one-directional, low volatility performance is less fundamentally driven and more fuelled by central bank
Managed futures gained 0.96% in February according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “Geopolitical upheaval in the Middle East, rising commodity prices, and an on-going rally in equity markets were the main drivers of CTA returns in February,”
EDHEC-Risk Institute has created a spin-off, EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks, which aims to be one of the leading beta designers for the investment industry. EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks will be based in London, New York, Nice and Singapore and
Founded by hedge fund titan Julian Robertson in 1980, Tiger Management LLC became one of the most successful and lauded hedge funds. At its peak in 1998, Tiger Management was running USD22billion in assets. In 2000, Robertson decided to take
