Managed futures gained 0.09 per cent in July, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Barclay CTA Index has lost 0.91 per cent. “As market participants moved from a risk-avoidance posture to a more risk-seeking strategy
By Tom Kehoe CAIA, Global Head of Research, AIMA – We are at a very interesting inflection point in our capital markets. Ten years following the last significant global liquidity crisis which fuelled the subsequent global financial crisis of 2008,
Custom House Global Fund Services has launched The Nascent Fund Sicav, an open-end Maltese domiciled Sicav umbrella fund platform for managers wishing to start their own new fund and establish a track record. Custom House says the fund is
After two months of severe disappointment stock market investors seemed to renew with unbridled optimism in July, with the S&P 500 index rising by 7.01 per cent, its best return over the past 12 months, and implied volatility (23.50 per
ALPS has launched the ALPS Real Asset Income Fund, a portfolio of real asset investments in master limited partnerships (MLPs), global infrastructure, and commodities. ALPS has partnered with Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, CoreCommodity Management and Alerian in the management
VTFinTech, a provider of portfolio management and research evaluation services, has partnered with Alphametry to provide its Parity One based Research Evaluation technology on the Alphametry research platform. Available now, the partnership offers asset managers a quantitative way of assessing
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
