Returns for Credit Suisse’s Liquid Alternative Beta Indices suggest that hedge funds experienced positive performance in January, according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse. Drachman says: "The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index
Highgate Investment Management has chosen Quintillion to provide administration to the Highgate Absolute Return Fund which launched in September 2010. "As a start up fund and first time manager we had the opportunity to assess our administration options without restriction
The Julius Baer Absolute Return Europe Equity Fund has returned 6.98% since its launch on 30 September 2010. This compares favourably to the fund’s benchmark LIBOR EUR 3m which was flat over the period, as well as other European market
LGT Capital Partners has successfully launched a Chinese Yuan (CNH) share class for its Crown Managed Futures fund (CMF). Investors now have access to LGT Capital Partners’ flagship managed futures strategy while benefitting from the Chinese Yuan’s compelling macro position,
New hedge funds offered by new US-based managers are making their investors wait longer to redeem holdings, according to the Seward & Kissel New Hedge Fund Study. The ability of new hedge funds to impose heightened restrictions on investor liquidity suggests
ALTIN, the USD270m fund of hedge funds listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, posted a +12.47% return in 2010, more than double the HFRI Fund of Fund Index, which returned +5.67% in 2010. ALTIN’s gross exposure remained
Carmignac Patrimoine, an international balanced fund, now has over EUR10bn in assets under management.
Frontier Investment Management is expanding its range of multi-asset funds with the launch of the IFDS Frontier MAP Cautious Fund. The new fund, which is scheduled for launch on 9 February, will incorporate the same eight asset classes as the
The Swiss asset management and funds sector performed well in 2010, and is looking optimistically to the future. The focus this year will be on seeking to consistently identify and implement further improvements in the operating environment, according to the
Together with CFA Institute, EDHEC-Risk Institute has introduced seminars that take stock of the latest industry trends and research advances and clarify the distinction between true innovation and mere marketing claims.

 The Advances in Asset Allocation seminar is an intensive
