Hedgebay, a hedge fund secondary market provider, has launched a pricing and valuation service to assist hedge fund investors in determining the present value of the assets in their portfolios. The historical nature of the hedge fund market means that
Despite rosier expectations, the macro picture remains bleak in the short run and investment themes remain sensitive to changes in economic policies and sovereign risk, a report by Lipper says. The global macro picture, the outlook and market sentiment appear
GLG Partners, the US-listed asset manager, has announced that the offering of its dollar-denominated convertible subordinated notes due 2014 has been increased to USD214m aggregate prin
Hedge funds jumped 5.05 per cent in April, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
Royal Bank of Canada has completed the acquisition of BlueBay Asset Management. The addition of BlueBay brings over 200 employees and approximately USD40bn in assets under management to RBC’s global asset management business. "As a top-ten global wealth management firm,
In November, renewed activity on the stock market, illustrated by a level of implied volatility that was slightly up (23.5 per cent) on the previous month but with no significant change since July, resulted in a flat trend for the
The estimated April 2009 return for the Newedge Volatility Trading Index is -0.42 per cent, compared with an estimated March 2009 return of -0.89 per cent.
GLG Partners, the US-listed asset manager, has announced the pricing of its offerings of USD200m aggregate principal amount of its dollar-denominated convertible subordinated notes and
The global economy will continue its dual-speed recovery in 2011, with developing and developed economies occupying “parallel and very different financial universes,” Invesco’s chief economist, John Greenwood, writes in his economic outlook for 2011. While continued balance-sheet repair in the
Coral Portfolio has launched the Coral All Seasons Account which combines its Luxembourg regulated Sicav-Sif fund structure with Deutsche Bank’s X-markets hedge fund platform. It provides absolute returns targeted at ten per cent per annum net, monthly liquidity and an
