Global financial services firm Wilshire is to acquire Lyxor Asset Management, a provider of risk-managed, alternative and hedge fund investment solutions to institutional investors in North America, from European asset manager Amundi.
Odey Asset Management, the hedge fund business founded by Crispin Odey who was ousted in June following multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment, which he denies, is to close completely, according to a statement on the firm’s website.
Total net assets for liquid alternatives and non-traditional strategies rose to over $400bn during the third quarter of 2023, according to Morningstar’s latest Liquid Alternatives Observer, with all uncorrelated liquid alternative categories posting positive returns.
Global macro hedge funds have switched from the bullish equity bets that have been part of their strategies for most of the year to bearish positions, while commodity trend advisers have upped their short positions, according to a report by
US equity long-short hedge fund portfolio managers are taking fewer directional bets, with the level at which swings in the S&P 500 affect their bottom line having fallen to the lowest seen in six years, according to a report by
The Managed Funds Association is encouraging the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority, to enhance the UK capital markets by eliminating redundant securitisation due diligence regulations.
Digital asset investment products saw inflows of $326m last week, which represents the largest single week of inflows since July 2022, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
Half of systematic investors have already integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into their investment process, according to a new study by Invesco, the firm’s eighth annual Invesco Global Systematic Investing Study.
Hedge funds administered by the Citco group of companies (Citco) achieved a weighted average return of 0.01% overall in the third quarter, to push year-to-date (YTD) returns to 8.12%, with global macro (3.07%) and fixed income arbitrage funds leading the
Consolidation among sell-side providers of FX prime brokerage is causing increasing concern among hedge funds as they face the risk of reduced access to liquidity and operational disruption from moving to a new provider, a new report by Acuiti has
