Emerging markets hedge funds posted strong gains to conclude 2012, which continued through early 2013, as stimulus measures in developed markets contributed to EM currency and equity market gains. The HFRX Multi-Emerging Markets Index gained 13.1 per cent for 2012,
Reality Shares has rebranded as Blockforce Capital following the addition of a cryptocurrency investment platform, Onramp, and a blockchain-focused hedge fund unit to its existing ETF business. Leading the firm’s expansion is a diverse set of professionals with experience in
Law firm Greenberg Traurig has added fund lawyers John A. Brunjes and Genna N. Garver to its corporate and securities practice. Brunjes joins in the Boston and New York offices as shareholder and Garver in the New York office as
Woori Absolute Partners (WAP), the Singapore-based alternative investment platform of Woori Investment & Securities (WIS), and NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based hedge fund incubation specialist, have announced the first strategic investment of the Woori NewAlpha Fund with Mosaic Asset Management,
Global hedge fund flows were positive in July, with investors adding an estimated USD5.85 billion to funds around the world and bringing overall industry AUM to USD3.307 trillion, according to the July eVestment 2018 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. However,
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished January up 2.07 per cent, with nine out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated outflows of approximately USD9.3bn in January,
DDJ Capital Management, an independent manager of high yield and special situation investments on behalf of institutional investors, has marked the three-year anniversary of its DDJ Opportunistic High Yield Fund. The open-end mutual fund (DDJIX, DDJCX, and DDJRX) received a
Asian shares fell and the Australian dollar eased on Thursday as sentiment was shaken by talk across global markets that a hedge fund had been liquidating large positions in commodities, as well as worries the Federal Reserve could slow its
JonesTrading Institutional Services (JonesTrading) has appointed Timothy (Tim) Baker as Senior Vice President in its Equity Sales Trading Group. Baker will be responsible for trading and account coverage, with a particular focus on special purpose acquisition companies’ (SPAC’s) and other
The FSA has fined a former cash equities broker GBP252,239 and banned him from working in the financial services industry for “acting without integrity”. Fabio Massimo De Biase, a former employee of TFS Derivatives Ltd was found by the FSA
