Although positive market sentiment consolidated and risk appetite made a comeback, the industry continued to record large net outflows in quarter two 2009, despite declining 61 per cent

Oak Hill Advisors, an investment management firm specialising in below investment grade credit, has held the final closing of the OHA Strategic Credit Fund, a USD1.125bn corporate credi

Standard & Poor’s Index Services has launched a public index series designed to measure the average cost of borrowing US equities. The S&P Securities Lending Index Series seeks to reflect the average securities lending rate for the constituents of the

Almost two-thirds of fund groups expect the use of performance fees to rise this year, according to research by Skandia Investment Group.

The warm up event for the sixth annual Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest is scheduled to take place on 16 September at Sullivan Hall in Manhattan.  

Japan-based Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management has selected The Bank of New York Mellon’s alternative investment services business as fund administrator for its new fund of hedge funds, t

Man Investments and Dexion Capital have launched a Ucits III trend following product, Man AHL Diversity. 

Event driven was again the strongest performer in August with a gain of 1.70 per cent for the month, and now sits atop the other strategies for the year with a 9.51 per cent return, acc

The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform, was up 0.9 per cent in August, bringing year-to-date performance to 4.2 per cent.

Financials remained heavily active in US credit default swaps markets throughout the month of August, with insurance among the more actively traded sectors, according to a report from G