The lack of hedge funds’ excess returns since the financial crisis put the industry under rising pressure. In this 12th edition of the White Paper, we review the causes and identify the key hedge fund performance drivers. We put to
Lyxor Asset Management has cemented a reputation for its hedge fund solutions expertise, but as regulation and investor preferences change, the firm has evolved to offer multi-management solutions to support investors in fund selection, portfolio construction and infrastructure services. Lyxor’s
GoldenTree Asset Management, an investment firm that manages alternative and traditional asset strategies for sophisticated institutional and high net-worth investors, has opened a Singapore office. Shahriar Saadullah has been appointed as managing director to run business development in Asia Pacific.
How QuantConnect’s open source algorithmic trading platform is empowering quants to launch trading strategies at low cost… Quantitative trading strategies, sometimes referred to as ‘black box’ strategies because of the complex algorithms that power them, have long been a source
June was a choppy month with reversals and sell-offs across most asset classes as investors digested Mario Draghi’s comments on expecting high volatility for bonds followed in the second half of the month by the risk escalation in Greece. Negative
Brazilian asset manager, Vinci Partners, is to implement Eze Software’s order management system, Eze OMS, and execution management system, RealTick EMS, to streamline workflows across the investment lifecycle. In partnership with Eze Software, Vinci Partners will build electronic connections to
A couple of years ago, the title Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO for short, was a foreign concept within the hedge fund community. The winds have changed, however, as hedge funds become increasingly targeted by cyber hackers, causing many
Best Credit Data (BCD), a provider of end of day bond pricing data, is partnering with Exchange Data International (EDI), to distribute BCD Municipal Bond End-of-Day Pricing data to EDI clients around the world. BCD Municipal Bond Pricing provides end
Monthly average daily volume (ADV) and monthly total volume, both exchange-wide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index), rose from last month and from year-ago levels. June total volumes hit highs for 2015, surpassing previous
CarVal Investors has completed the final close of CVI Credit Value Fund III (CVF III) with USD3 billion in commitments. The fund is investing in undervalued opportunities with a strong focus on portfolios of whole loans coming out of the
