Even some of what seem to be the biggest and most solid hedge fund managers in the world are now having to renege on their promised liquidity in order to avoid having to liquidate assets o
Boosted by an annual return of 13.56 per cent over the 12 months to October 31, Augustus Asset Managers’ JB Global Rates Hedge Fund has seen its assets under management more than double in
S&P Capital IQ Real-Time Solutions has extended its QuantFEED and QuantLINK solutions through Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s (HKEx) Orion programme. The new service provides participants with faster access to both trading platform and market data services. The launch
Xtrakter, a utility acquired by Euroclear last month from the International Capital Market Association, has announced that its Trax trade matching and regulatory reporting system will faci
Elementum Advisors has promoted Jake Weber and Nick Jagoda to principal, effective 1 January 2014. Both Weber and Jagoda have been an integral part of its success dating back to the team’s tenure at Stark Investments and have performed critical
Despite opposition from two of the European Union’s biggest fund jurisdictions, EU finance ministers have backed the introduction of a so-called passport for investment fund managers as pa
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.99 per cent in December, bringing the yearly returns for 2013 to 8.02 per cent. The MSCI World Index returned 1.67 per cent in December and was up 21.1 per cent for 2013.
Man Group, one of the world’s largest alternative investment managers, has announced an internal reorganisation that involves the merger of two of its core investment managers, Glenwood Ca
There are not many investment options that can deliver strong positive returns in the current turbulent market environment, but US hedge fund manager John Paulson has managed to do that –
Net hedge fund industry asset flows in the third quarter reversed the trend of the previous two quarters, with a decline of USD18.6bn following a net inflow of USD4.03bn during the second
