Atlantic Asset Management, Montage Asset Management and Palmer Square Capital Management have formed a joint venture to make seed investments in hedge funds. The Seed Fund is designed to not only provide investment capital to emerging hedge funds, but also
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was up 0.7 per cent in July, lifting year-to-date gains to 0.8 per cent. Equity markets delivered solid gains in July, as major Western indexes posted gains in the six to seven per cent
Derivatives exchange Eurex will launch futures and options on Xetra-Gold, an exchange-traded commodity in Germany. The new gold contracts are set tolaunch on 28 September 2010. Xetra-Gold is a zero-coupon bond denominated in euro and issued by Deutsche Börse Commodities.
A new study by the law firm Seward & Kissel into the hedge fund industry’s use of side letters –special agreements between hedge funds and their investors – shows a major shift in the hedge fund landscape. In The Seward & Kissel
Hedge funds are quickly regaining some of the clout they lost in US fixed income markets during the market meltdown, a study by Greenwich Associates suggests. The study shows that while overall US fixed income trading volume declined from 2009
In line with global equity and bond markets, hedge funds delivered a solid return of 1.83 per cent for July, according to the Lipper Hedge Fund Composite Index. July’s gain contributed to a partial recovery of the negative months’ readings,
State Street Corporation has added two new macro indicators, focussed on currencies and countries, to its range of State Street MediaStats Indicators. First launched in 2016 with State Street partner MKT MediaStats, the new indicators scan more than 100,000 digital
Nigel Strachan, Head of New Business for corporate clients at Kleinwort Benson (pictured above left), has been appointed Chairman of the Jersey Funds Association and Edward Devenport (pictured above right), partner at Mourant Ozannes, takes on the role of Vice
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey has acquired Red Pine Advisors, a New York-based financial advisory firm that specialises in the valuation and pricing of illiquid structured product portfolios. Red Pine will be part of Houlihan Lokey’s portfolio valuation and advisory services
Alternative investment group Insch Capital Management has launched its proprietary Risk to Revenue (R2R) model, which provides an in-depth analysis of the traditional asset management industry, where many firms are making more in management fees than their investors are receiving
