The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned -1.44 per cent in September, marking another difficult month for hedge funds as relative value funds were the only top-level strategy to see positive performance. This is the fourth consecutive month of negative returns for hedge
Data analytics and advisory company Convergence has launched its ‘Best Fit’ service for advisers allowing users to identify service providers who are most closely aligned with the operating complexity of their business model. Convergence has identified 31 unique operating complexity factors that will
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of -1.20 per cent in September, dropping YTD returns further into negative territory for 2015, -2.35 per cent, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance Monthly Report. The industry’s last annual decline
Deutsche Börse has completed its acquisition of trading platform 360T, following the approval of relevant antitrust authorities and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). 360T remains under the regulatory supervision of BaFin and operates under the existing management team.
TeamCo Advisers, a privately owned investment advisory firm that manages portfolios of select hedge funds and other opportunistic alternative assets, has appointed John Shearman (pictured) as Managing Director. Shearman will assist in crafting new investment solutions for clients and enhancing
The private debt industry in Asia has already seen fundraising growth within the distressed debt and mezzanine segments in so far in 2015 compared to 2014. However, the industry in Asia is still far less established than in North America
Nephila Capital has promoted Adam Beatty (pictured) to Managing Director of Nephila Advisors UK Ltd. Nephila is an institutional asset manager of vehicles dedicated to investing in natural catastrophe and weather risk insurance linked securities. Nephila Advisors UK provides non-discretionary
The markets have experienced significant volatility in the last few months. China's decision to devalue its currency, the collapse of commodity prices and the uncertainty caused by global quantitative easing have all caused significant disruption to financial markets. In August,
The RiskAPI service, developed by PortfolioScience, is a fully hosted and customisable risk solution that integrates seamlessly with existing applications and programming frameworks to generate risk calculations for multi-asset, multi-currency portfolios and individual positions. It is available as both an
Managing derivatives risk in the portfolio is a demanding task at the best of times. But as global regulators make inroads to drive transparency in OTC markets, managers find themselves having to file detailed risk positions under CFTC regulations in
