The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.18 per cent for the month of October. Managed futures (-4.64 per cent) was the worst performer among the 10 sub strategies, while event driven (0.91 per cent) was the
Veritas Asset Management (UK) and its parent The Real Return Group, which currently manage GBP8.5bn across a range of products, have announced a corporate reorganisation that will create two distinct limited liability partnerships. The Veritas Private Client business will be
Patrician Asset Management has launched the Citizen Entertainment Fund to focus on debt investments in media companies. CEF’s first investor is a major European public company. The fund is a low volatility, non-correlated debt fund and is managed by Film
Hedge funds gained 0.32 per cent in October, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 6.09 per cent year to date. “News flows continued to drive the markets in October,” says Sol Waksman,
Liontrust Asset Management has doubled its assets under management over the past year. AUM has grown from GBP1.19bn on 30 September 2011 to GBP2.36bn on 30 September 2012 and GBP2.38bn on 12 November 2012 while Liontrust has now recorded nine
DCG Luxembourg managing director Daniela Klasén-Martin (pictured) says the new risk management requirements introduced by this year’s revision of the grand duchy’s SIF law are only the start for asset managers that fall within the scope of the EU’s AIFM
In October, after plummeting for five months, the equity market displayed astonishing versatility, with the S&P 500 index registering a positive double-digit return (+10.93%), its best monthly performance over the past twenty years, supported by a strong fall (-13%) in
MainStay Investments, a Barron’s top fund family and a New York Life company, has launched the Private Advisors Alternative Strategies Master Fund and Private Advisors Alternative Strategies Fund. The funds seek long-term capital appreciation above equity returns over a full
Hatteras Funds, a boutique alternative investment specialist providing alternative investment solutions for financial advisors and their clients, has renamed the Hatteras Multi-Strategy Fund as the Hatteras Core Alternatives Fund. The Fund’s strategies, objectives and management will not change. Renaming the
Hedge funds gained an average of 1.26 per cent in April, the fourth consecutive month of positive returns, following a five-month string of aggregate declines closing out 2018, according to the latest eVestment April 2019 hedge fund performance data. Year
