The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined by 2.99 per cent in May, bringing its year-to-date return to 1.57 per cent. The S&P 500 decreased 8.20 per cent (-2.30 per cent YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 7.92 per cent
Traditional and alternative asset manager EquityStar Capital Management has formed an alliance with J.P. Morgan Securities for brokerage, trading and custodial services. EquityStar Capital Management is a multi-strategy investment and wealth advisory firm created to provide traditional and alternative asset
The hedge fund industry posted an estimated outflow of USD3.5bn, or 0.2 per cent of assets, in April 2010, the third outflow in five months, according to TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge. Strong performance has added USD338bn to hedge fund
PMA Capital Management, an Asian hedge fund manager, says three of its funds delivered positive returns in May. Within the equity strategy, the PMA Pathfinder Asia Equity Fund delivered positive returns of 1.6 per cent for May, bringing YTD returns
Singapore Exchange has established a London office to better serve its growing number of European-based customers. The London expansion follows Singapore Exchange’s 3 June commitment to invest USD250m in its Reach initiative. Reach will create the world’s fastest trading engine,
Julian Thompson (pictured), Head of Emerging Market Equities at Threadneedle Asset Management, outlines his emerging market equity outlook for Brazil. A recent trip to Brazil confirmed that the “land of the future” is presently booming. Brazil has consistently failed to
Don Seymour (pictured), founder and managing director of DMS Management and former head of investment services at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, says last week’s judgement against directors of the Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund, for failure to perform their
There’s a lot resting on this week’s Eurozone summit meeting. If Merkel et al can reach some agreement and provide concrete figures on the EFSF and bank recapitalisation it’ll go a long way to reassuring the markets. Luke Ellis (pictured),
After two positive months the Ucits HFS Index lost 1.08 per cent in May 2010 after a challenging month for the financial industry. The loss of 0.27 per cent in week one was followed by a slight win in week
Edhec-Risk Institute and Rothschild have created a research chair entitled The Case for Inflation-Linked Corporate Bonds: Issuers’ and Investors’ Perspectives. The purpose of the research chair is to support research undertaken at Edhec-Risk Institute on the benefits of inflation-linked corporate
