The combined fortunes of the top three hedge fund managers in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List have grown by GBP1.15bn in a single year. The Rich List league table of Britain’s 25 wealthiest hedge fund managers is headed by
A recovery in the valuations of convertible securities held in the portfolios of institutional investors in the US and Europe has not translated into a pick-up in trading volumes, which continued to decline from 2009 to 2010. The recovery in
TraderMade, a provider of FX research, data and charting applications, has signed a partnership with FINBOURNE Technology to make its data available on LUSID, an open investment data platform. TraderMade data is available without charge as part of the 90
The performance of commodity trading advisors (CTAs) has historically exhibited a distinctly different pattern than equities and fixed income in relation to the direction of interest rates, according to research by Campbell & Company. In a new white paper, Prospects
The Salus Alpha RN Special Situations fund has raised USD20m from new investors since it launched on 22 March 2010 and is up 3.14 per cent after its first month. “The remarkable raise in money combined with the extraordinary performance
The Systematic Alpha Futures programme, managed by the New York-based commodity trading adviser Systematic Alpha Management, has been added to Deutsche Bank’s dbSelect managed account platform. SAM’s assets under management have jumped by almost 20 per cent in the past
State Street has been appointed to provide investment services to hedge fund group Marshall Wace for its new equity neutral exchange-traded fund – MW Tops Global Alpha. According to Marshall Wace, it is the first ETF targeting an absolute return
RMB Capital Management, an independent investment advisory firm, has launched Iron Road Capital Partners, an alternative investment platform. “As a firm with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on client service, we are continually looking to expand on the investment
The 2020 outlook for the global asset management sector is stable, reflecting high profit margins, manageable debt burdens, and sustained risk appetite among investors, Moody’s Investors Service says in its annual outlook. The outlook is supported by a number of
Gavyn Davies (pictured), chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management, chaired a panel discussion on how Greek elections and eurozone political upheavals are shaping the markets. Part of the discussion was to establish the extent of bullish/bearish sentiment of Gaim International 2012’s
