Hedge funds posted gains for the second consecutive month in July as Macro CTA managers captured strong trending dynamics across multiple asset classes, pushing the HFRI Macro: Systematic Diversified Index to a gain of 2.8 per cent, according to data
In a world of increasing onshore regulation, new private equity funds being established offshore are likely to provide further ammunition for the industry’s critics.
With an important vote looming in the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on MiFID II on July 9, TABB Group believes that current proposals to reform pricing practices in the fixed-income market will seriously undermine trading firms’ ability
By Georg Wessling – Many investors have been disappointed with their hedge fund returns over the past couple of years. This is justified to the extent that many hedge funds and funds of hedge funds have not achieved the targets
Alternative fund of funds manager Private Advisors has announced the appointment of three managing directors to its London-based business, Private Advisors UK, as it continues to strengthe
Many people thought that, due to the recent upheaval in the credit markets, the level of fund formation in Cayman would slow down.
After the lull in activity that affected all fund jurisdictions in the post-crisis period, there are now clear signs of risk appetite returning and that promoters are willing and able to laun
At a time when the proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is one of the main themes being discussed in the regulatory sphere, fund managers are evaluating more carefu
Global Investment House says the Global Distressed Fund was ranked sixth in the fund of funds – distressed securities/event driven category for May 2010 by BarclayHedge. Joseph Joseph (pictured), the head of hedge funds at Global, says: “The Global Distressed
