The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.31 per cent in October, bringing its year-to-date return to 6.27 per cent. Roughly 30.1 per cent of the hedge fund managers comprising the index have recorded double-digit gains over the first 10
Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies has added a convertible arbitrage investment discipline to its range of arbitrage offerings. Jona
Former Millennium Management LLC traders plan to start two Japan-focused hedge funds in May to tap into the country’s recovering equity markets reported Bloomberg this week.
French asset manager Axiom Alternative Investments has appointed Gilles Frisch as Senior Portfolio Manager for its new UCITS format, long-short credit fund. Frisch brings over 26 years’ experience in the investment management industry, having most recently held the role of
Highland Capital Management has selected Chicago-based Horizon Cash Management to provide comprehensive cash management services designed to maximize excess cash bal
Shorting US-listed Chinese stocks was a popular theme among global hedge funds last year thanks to questionable accounting practices.
BTIG has appointed Stefanie Gianakis as Director of Recruitment based in New York. In this new role, she will be responsible for staffing new and established business units across BTIG’s product lines. “With more than 20 years of recruiting experience
Eurex US, the new all-electronic US futures exchange, traded 39,441 contracts in US Treasury futures on its first trading day. Chic
Adam Wallace, who headed up Asia Pacific hedge fund services at JP Morgan i
Lyxor Asset Management has completed the integration of Commerzbank’s asset management activities and of its total EUR16 billion in assets under management, following the purchase of Commerzbank’s Equity Markets & Commodities business by its parent company Societe Generale Group in
