Following a difficult October, CTAs continued to face challenges in November, with the SG CTA Index was down 1.09 per cent and the SG Trend Index down 1.75 per cent. However, the SG Trend Indicator outperformed the Trend Index as
Insolvency petition filings in the Cayman Islands spiked more than 30 per cent in 2013 when compared with 2012, resulting in the highest number of filings in the past three years, according to Appleby. The increase reversed a downward trend
Gartmore Investment Management has announced the appointment of Nigel Davies as supporting manager and analyst on the AlphaGen EtaCas Fund, a hedge fund for which Gartmore acts as inves
Vaultex is to employ Cinnober’s TRADExpress Trading System and TRADExpress RealTime Clearing for its new Singapore-based security token and tokenised asset exchange for institutional investors, hedge funds and other eligible market participants. The new exchange will leverage Cinnober’s established trading
The days of managers setting up new long-only large-cap US equity UCITS are largely gone, according to Philip Lovegrove, partner in law firm Matheson’s Asset Management Department. “Products are getting more complex and one of the manifestations of this is
Fortress is launching an affiliated manager platform as part of the firm's growth strategy in the liquid alternative investment space. The platform will allow Fortress to take an economic interest in high potential start-up and established funds, and to provide
Alternative investment consulting boutique Atrato Advisors has announced that Janna Sobolev, who has over ten years of expertise in quantitative analysis and risk management, has joined
Peter Urbani, chief investment officer of fund of funds manager Infiniti Solutions, argues that even amid the market turmoil of 2008, newer and smaller hedge fund managers significantly ou
For UK fund managers, distribution in a post-Brexit environment is very topical. It is one of the single biggest challenges that UK managers are grappling with, as well as managers based around the world who wish to do business in
Advent Software, a provider of software and services for the investment management industry, has announced that Zan Partners has selected Geneva, its portfolio management and reconcilia
