Salus Alpha’s latest product, Salus Alpha RN Special Situations, is registered for public distribution in Germany. Since the launch on 22 March the fund raised USD25m from new investors. The fund was up 3.14 per cent after its first month
Last week the SEC officially changed its position, voting to adopt new rules concerning public pension funds’ pay-to-play practices. Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Managing Member,
 Agecroft Partners, LLC, examines the impact of the new rules. The new rules permit managers
BNP Paribas and HEC Business School have established a BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at HEC in Paris, the third such centre to be set up following the creation of BNP Paribas centres at th
Following approval by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, Appleby is now licensed to offer fiduciary services through Appleby Trust (Guernsey). This follows the opening of a Guernsey office in April for the provision of legal services. Chris Ward (pictured) has
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 2.86% in September. Year-to-date performance as of September 2011 is down 6.55%. The top performing strategies over the month were Lyxor L/S Equity Short Bias Index (+2.67%), Lyxor CTAs Short Term Index (+2.29%)
Many opportunities exist for the patient investor, says Thomas Becket, Chief Investment Officer, PSigma Investment Management… We have just suffered the worst quarter for financial markets since 1928. Confidence is very low and markets are almost totally focussed on what
eVestment, a specialist in institutional data and analytics, has expanded its popular quarterly institutional stock ownership report to include stock holdings information for companies based in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, in addition to the list highlighting the most
Partners Group, the Swiss-based alternative asset manager, has broadened its global footprint with the opening of an office in Luxembourg to support its client relationship activities in t
Clark Capital Management Group will now be available for inclusion in custom portfolios on EQIS Capital Management’s platform. Clark Capital’s Navigator portfolios are now available on the platform along with dozens of other strategic, tactical and alternative money managers. "We’re
LFIS, a USD14 billion Paris-based asset manager, has released the results of a new survey which highlights the continued influence and growth of quant investment strategies in Europe. With nearly three quarters (70 per cent) of allocators considering quant strategies
