The Asian hedge fund universe has grown significantly in recent years, with around 1,200 Asia focused hedge funds managing over USD160bn compared to just USD14bn at the end of 2001, acc
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) is to offer 10 Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) scholarships each year for the next five years through their newly formed 100 Women in Hedge Funds Institute. These scholarships will be sponsored by Pacific
Hedge funds gained 2.93% in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “The Fed’s announcement that they will keep interest rates near zero percent through 2014 helped to fuel the equity rally that began in mid-December,”
All hedge fund strategies except convertible arbitrage, emerging markets, event-driven and fixed income arbitrage posted negative performance in June, according to a report by Lipper.
As the gold price rose amid safe haven buying from the tension in Ukraine, GoldMoney customers waited out the rush with the bulk of precious metal purchases occurring after the main market moves, says Roland Khounlivong, Head of Dealing at the
KKR Private Equity Investors and KKR have entered into a revised purchase and sale agreement to combine the businesses of KPE and KKR.
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished January up 2.34%; with 9 out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated outflows of approximately USD15 billion in January, bringing
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1.9 per cent in February, bringing year to date performance to +1.45 per cent, with 11 out of 12 strategy indices in positive territory. The Lyxor Special Situations Index (+3.48 per cent), the
The five most vexing aspects of the investment climate for fund chief financial officers are regulations, transparency, complexity, investor timidity, and efficiency, according to a sur
Palmer Square Emerging Manager, LP has provided USD30 million of capital for a seed investment with Cypress Capital Management, a fundamentally-driven, long/short investment firm based in San Francisco, CA, primarily focused on the global consumer/retail and technology, media and telecommunications
