The Way Group has launched the Absolute Return Portfolio Fund, one of three new investment funds to use a new tiered performance fee structure. Way Absolute Return Portfolio Fund follows the recently launched Way Freestyle Growth Portfolio Fund, and
Managed futures slipped 0.10% in April according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is down 0.62% year-to-date. “Although commodity prices dropped in April as measured by a decline of 0.75 percent in the Reuters/CRB Index, several
Interview with Rhodri Mason, Head of UCITS Management at Man Group – What are some of the benefits of QIFs that managers should be aware of? The key benefit is that QIFs give you Cayman-style investment flexibility, while speed to
Joseph F Winterscheid (pictured), partner and head of the global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group at McDermott Will & Emery, outlines the implications of the FTC’s revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the final revised
Credit Suisse is now trading Structured Exotic Foreign Exchange Options on its new internet platform, Merlin.
GreySpark Partners, the capital markets consultancy, has published a new industry report after developing a detailed comparative analysis of Order Management Systems (OMSs) and Execution Management Systems (EMSs) on the market. The research looks at solutions that are available for
Interview with Daniel Haefele of ACOLIN Fund Services in Zurich – Why should fund managers in the UK consider Switzerland? The Swiss financial centre is attractive to both international and domestic investors alike. As of the end
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a wholly owned subsidiary of ICE, has launched Insights, a new online thought-leadership platform. Insights
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 3.7% in September (-5.2% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined 7.2% (-10.0% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.9% (-3.9% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index decreased 6.4% (-9.0% YTD). Treasury and
The corollary to the recent falls in emerging market equities is that valuations begin to look attractive, says Bill O’Neill, EMEA Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management… The MSCI Emerging Market Index is trading (as at end September)
