Meeting performance expectations is the number one challenge facing institutional hedge fund investors in 2012. At least that’s according to SEI’s fifth annual global survey entitled: The shifting hedge fund landscape: Part I of II, which the US firm conducted
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.40 per cent for the month of June. The top-performing sub-strategies in June were equity market neutral (0.93 per cent), fixed income arbitrage (0.76 per cent) and multi-strategy (0.48 per
Over 160 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community who attended a Gala dinner on 3 October have raised more than EUR100,000 for the Alternatives 4 Children foundation. The money raised will enable the organisation to fulfil its prime objective
Hedge funds gained 0.66 per cent in June, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 2.39 per cent year to date. “A bailout package for Spain announced early in the month helped to
By James Williams – Two of the more obvious trends that have occurred in prime brokerage post-Lehman’s are perhaps, unsurprisingly, intrinsically linked to counterparty risk. The first is the move away from mono-prime to multi-prime mandates. The second, more recent
Man Group has completed its acquisition of hedge fund research and investment specialist FRM Holdings, first announced on 21 May. Man has integrated FRM’s USD8bn AUM business with its own multi-manager business. The combined business now has funds under management
In light of the current fiscal and monetary concerns that are gripping the minds of investors around the world, Institutional Asset Manager asked the heads of some of the world’s leading asset managers to share their thinking on portfolio management
Managed futures lost 1.81 per cent overall in June, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 0.03 per cent year to date. “The month-end ECB agreement to make loans directly to eurozone banks drove
Asoka Wöhrmann, Co-CIO at DeAWM, on the US-Government-shutdown and debt-ceiling… The budget and debt-ceiling battle in the United States has the world holding its breath. The fronts between the Republicans and the Democrats seem to have hardened. At the same
Chi-X Global says Chi-FX Brazil is now available for participant certification. The platform, which has been developed via an alliance between Chi-X Global and BM&FBOVESPA, Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (BVMF), is expected to launch in the fourth quarter.
