The global hedge fund industry returned +1.75 per cent in December, bringing aggregate 2019 full-year returns to +9.74 per cent, according to eVestment’s December 2019 hedge fund performance data. 2019 marked the industry’s best aggregate returns since 2013, when the industry
Mike Nicol, the highly rated European equity manager, is joining Edinburgh-based Martin Currie today to launch a new European long/short equity fund.
The Asset Management Exchange (AMX), an institutional platform for investors and asset managers, has appointed Dr Kerrie Mitchener-Nissen as Head of Product.Mitchener-Nissen joins AMX, which manages over USD9.5 billion in assets, to lead a growing team of four product specialists.
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group has announced the statistics for its Sixth Annual Hennessee Hedge Fund Investor Survey. In the
Maritime technology and regulatory compliance firm, Pole Star has partnered with global trade finance technology provider TradeIX, to bring Pole Star’s multi award winning PurpleTRAC regulatory technologies to the Marco Polo Network. Developed in conjunction with companies facing regulatory exposure in
Capital Management Advisors Group says insurance groups are snapping up its new capital guaranteed, 15-year, Euro 135 million Note with 2.4 per cent annual coupon, linked to
Pardus Capital Management, a New York-based alternative investment manager, has appointed Dean W. Crowder III as director of business development. Crowder is responsible for leading Pardus’s overall marketing efforts and managing its investor relationships. He will also assist in the
INTL FCStone’s London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, has executed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire GIROXX in Frankfurt, Germany. Closing is conditional upon BaFin approval.Through its digital platform, GIROXX provides online payment and foreign exchange hedging services to small
The first investment certificates on the BlueX hedge fund index which is managed by Vienna-based Benchmark Capital Management and calculated by the Vienna Stock Exchange are
Deutsche Bank has appointed Joe Cassidy as head of prime brokerage and derivatives clearing for global rates. He joins from Nomura where he held several senior positions including global co-head of prime services, global chief operating officer of prime services,
