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.
The hedge fund industry took in USD5.1bn (0.3 per cent of assets) in August, reversing a USD9.2bn outflow (0.5 per cent of assets) in July, according to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research. Based on data from 2,999 funds, the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September 2012 measured 1.11 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 0.67 per cent in October. "Inflows have remained steady,
By Simon Gray – A perfect storm of factors over the past four years has upended many of the traditional assumptions of asset managers, particularly those active in the alternative investment field, about how their business should be organised. The
