HFR (Hedge Fund Research, Inc) has launched the industry’s first daily hedge fund performance database, allowing investors to access data on a rapidly growing universe of hedge funds which provide investors with daily performance figures. 

The launch of HFR
According to the European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) latest fact sheet on the UCITS fund industry, net sales for UCITS were a distinctly mixed bag for October.
UBS has launched a new business area called UBS Quant HQ, focused specifically on the unique requirements of the systematic, or quantitative, trader. Organised as a global joint venture between the firm’s prime services and direct execution businesses, Quant HQ
As Asian assets managed by Matrix have more than doubled so far in 2011 to more than USD90 million, the Asian team has been bolstered with two key sector specialist appointments. Ian Smith and David Naughtin, who both previously worked
Inès de Dinechin has been appointed as chairman of Lyxor Asset Management’s managing board, effective 10 June 2013. This appointment follows current chairman Alain Dubois’s decision to leave Lyxor in the near future, in order to pursue another professional
New York-headquartered PerTrac, the global financial software solutions provider to the investment industry, has teamed up with Alix Capital to host its UCITS Alternatives Index.
MarketAxess Holdings has launched electronic trading for preferred stocks and consumer-based asset-backed securities (ABS) on its award-winning e-trading platform. MarketAxess is the first electronic fixed-income marketplace to offer trading of preferred stocks for institutional investors, with liquidity provided by
A requirement for all UCITS registered for sale in Switzerland to include information specific to Switzerland in the Key Investor Information Document (KIID) ha
Singapore hedge fund, Quant Asset Management, has rolled out a UCITS III-compliant version of its BVI-domiciled Quant Global Equities fund reported FINAlternatives this week.
AlphaMetrix LLC, founder and operator of the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace hedge fund platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Decision Analytics Advisory Partners AG, the Swiss-based founder and operator of the Next Generation UCITS platform. The collaboration offers non-US
