By Mara Spencer (pictured) – The hedge fund industry is getting more bifurcated: whilst it’s true that the majority of investor capital is flowing into billion dollar hedge funds, who in turn are being administered by the big players –
Sophie Chardon, head of quantitative and cross asset analysis at Natixis, looks at the key themes that dominated hedge fund directions in Q3 – and considers the impact on strategy. There were three themes for hedge funds to consider in
With interest rates persisting at their lowest levels in 30 years, the 14% increase in corporate deposits in South Africa over the last year, is adding significant pressure to returns on equity for many local companies already sitting on huge
HSBC Private Bank has appointed Patrick Tuohy as global head of sales and marketing for the alternative investment group, with collective responsibilities for the sales efforts of both the
Managed futures gained 3.76 per cent in September after losing 1.63 per cent in August, according to flash estimates from the Barclay CTA Index.
A consortium of leading global banks has agreed in principle to create and provide liquidity support to a master conduit to enhance liquidity in the market for asset-backed commercial pape
As 2011 draws to an end, it is interesting to note that eight of the Top 10 performers on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (Lyxor MAP) belong to the systematic and model-based kind of managers. Machine 8 – Men 2,
Artist Pension Trust, a long-term financial planning programme for emerging and mid-career artists and holder of one of the world’s largest collections of contemporary art, has announced t
As a new report from Citi Prime Finance reveals that record allocations are held in CTA/macro strategies, Dr Alexei Chekhlov, Head of Research and Portfolio Management at Systematic Alpha Management (SAM), a New York based CTA, has said that “short-term
