London-based investment manager Beach Horizon has launched a US onshore feeder fund to its flagship fund. The fund is incorporated in Delaware and was launched on 1 December 2009 with initial AUM of USD10m. Total assets in the programme are
Context Asset Management, a new alternative mutual fund, is aiming to give investors access to cutting-edge alternative investment strategies with the ease and simplicity of traditional mutual funds. Alternative mutual funds have enjoyed rapid growth in recent years driven by
Long/short equity funds did not fully capitalise on November’s equity market rally since many funds are maintaining more conservative positions in anticipation of year-end, according to Jordan Drachman, head of research for alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse. Long/short equity
Following the recent oil price spike, investors fear for corporate profitability and global growth, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for March. A net 24 per cent of asset allocators now expect corporate operating margins
With valuations for global equity markets currently not compelling and giving little room for the potential earnings disappointments that could accompany the slowing of the global economic recovery, Percival Stanion, head of Asset Allocation at Baring Asset Management, explains why,
The world may not get pneumonia when the US gets a cold, but it sure gets sick, says Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices… June was anything but boring, as the month started with all eyes
Global Fund Exchange Ltd, a member of the New York based Global Fund Exchange Group, is to launch the AquaTerra Fund, a new investment vehicle which invests in global opportunities in agriculture, water and natural resources. The AquaTerra Fund
Hedge fund managers tracked by the AlphaClone Hedge Fund Long/Short Index distanced themselves from financial sector investments in the second quarter, representing a steep reversal from the previous quarter in which financials were the index’s most overweight sector relative to
TCA Fund Management Group is to float TCA Global Credit on London's AIM. It will list as a closed-end investment company through an initial public offering in May and is domiciled in Guernsey. The listed investment company will feed
Hedge funds gained 1.18% in February according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is up 1.65% year-to-date. “In the face of Mideast political turmoil and rising commodity prices, the rally in developed market equity prices
