Investors have turned bearish in their outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers for July. The survey shows a net 12 per cent of respondents predicting the global economy
Newedge’s suite of hedge fund indices all posted negative results for the month of June. The Newedge CTA Index fell 0.19 per cent in June (+1.75 per cent year-to-date), while the AlternativeEdge Short-Term Traders Index fell 0.05 per cent (+0.83
Wealth and alternative asset management group Peregrine Holdings has created a new company within the group with the ability to raise capital for selected alternative investment managers that are not necessarily affiliated to the Peregrine group. The unit will focus
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform, was down 0.6 per cent in June. Year-to-date the index remains in positive territory as it gains 0.1 per cent. Long/short equity managers faced a
New York-based Epoch Investment Partners, an investment manager and investment adviser managing long-only and absolute return portfolios, has announced that its assets under management
Alternative assets under management on behalf of pension funds by the world’s largest alternative investment managers remained unchanged in 2009 compared to the year before at USD817bn, according to research by professional services company Towers Watson in conjunction with the
Kenneth Rubinstein, an asset protection attorney with New York law firm Rubinstein & Rubinstein, says that a structure involving a hybrid trust and foreign life insurance can enable
With global stock markets ending the first six months of the year on a shaky footing, the second half of the year poses a number of profitable opportunities for hedge fund managers, according to a report by Lipper. The report
Early estimates indicate the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index will experience negative performance in June, with a 0.88 per cent decrease for the month. This brings year-to-date performance to 0.59 per cent. Global equity markets, as represented by
The US has just begun to “realise the promise of natural gas” and it “should seize the moment to transform the American economy,” according to one of the industry’s leading energy analysts said today at the 10th annual Dow Jones
