July proved to be a good month for stocks and oil, giving US hedge fund managers plenty to celebrate way beyond Independence Day as they wasted no time in taking advantage of opportunities created by the continued rally in both
How has the era of institutionalisation impacted the hedge fund industry? Patrick Ghali, managing partner and co-founder of alternatives-focused investment consultant Sussex Partners – which marks its 20th anniversary in 2023 – offers his insight.
The battle by central banks to tame inflation continued to present investment challenges and opportunities in June with the US Federal Reserve’s decision to leave rates unchanged for the first time in 15 months catching some managers and investors flat-footed.
This year’s Top 50 Hedge Funds – according to new research from Global Investment Report – collectively outpaced the market over the trailing five years through 2022 by more than three full percentage points, and did so with considerably less
Uncertainty, both political and economic, was a key theme in May, as elections in Greece and Turkey, an unusual period of calm in Italian politics, and a subdued ‘rebound’ in China’s economy, coupled with brinksmanship over the US debt ceiling,
Recent technological advances – notably in AI – have put hedge funds on the cusp of next-level investment strategies. Is 2023 the year the industry achieves ‘true’ AI? Or has that already happened?
Hedge funds’ use of and need for alternative data continues to increase. Today, the problem is less about how to get enough, and more about how to manage what you have – and extract value.
Many hedge fund COOs appear resistant to the idea of deploying AI – and similar types of disruptive technology – inhouse. But that’s only part of the picture.Â
After the market madness of March, April proved a steadier, though downbeat month, with lingering concerns over the health and stability of the global banking system, ongoing geopolitical risks, and a weaker corporate earnings picture.
Hedgeweek exclusive: Gary Collier (pictured), the CTO of Man Group’s front office tech platform, Man Alpha Technology, discusses the evolving challenge of extracting value from data, and the technology Man Group has created to help.
