We live in an age of 24-hour news coverage. Indeed, the information at our disposal is greater than at any point in human history. As such, hedge funds and other money managers need to trade the markets as and when
Returns offered by the private equity asset class are often a hot topic for discussion in the investment industry. With yields varying between fund types, sectors and managers, Jessica Duong (pictured) investigates the differences in performance of sector-specific buyout funds in
Validus, a specialist financial risk advisor to Alternative Investment Funds and Corporates across the globe, has opened a new office in Toronto. First hire Josh Macdonald (previously at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) has joined in the capacity of Financial Risk
Salient Partners has successfully completed its acquisition of Forward Management, creating a USD27 billion diversified asset management firm and reaffirming the firm’s position as provider of liquid alternative and real asset investment strategies. The combined firm has 250 employees
Shoreline Capital, a private fund manager in Chinese distressed debt and special situation investments, has closed its third fund at USUSD500 million. The fund, Shoreline China Value III, was over-subscribed. Meanwhile, Shoreline held the first close for Fund IIIÂ’s overflow fund
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF), Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Foundation, have announced the ten recipients of the 2015 100WHF/CAIA Scholarships. Established in 2011 by 100WHF and underwritten by PAAMCO, the
The amount of capital awarded by investors to separate account structures reached an all-time high in 2014. In an extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight – June 2015, Oliver Senchal examines the growing prominence of this type of alternative structure
The unlisted infrastructure fund market targeting Germany, either solely or as part of a wider geographic focus, remains relatively small, with data from Preqin’s Infrastructure Online service revealing only 18 unlisted vehicles have reached a final close since 2010. Fundraising
Net assets in Irish domiciled funds increased by EUR317 billion during 2014, according to Pat Lardner, Chief Executive of Irish Funds. Speaking at Irish Funds’ Annual Global Conference in Dublin, Lardner, told representatives of the global funds industry that Ireland’s
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2015 measured 2.20 per cent, while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.31 per cent in June. "SS&C GlobeOp's Capital
