The SGAM Global Volatility Fund has replaced the SGAM Volatility Arbitrage Fund within the Fimat Volatility Arbitrage Median (FVAM). The Index Committee for the Fim
Hedge fund managers recorded a second positive month in the fourth quarter of 2019, with the equal-weighted index up 0.73 per cent and the asset-weighted index up 0.20 per cent in November following the positive geopolitical developments surrounding the US-China
Pacific View Asset Management (Pacific View) has marked the five-year anniversary of its US Small Cap Growth Strategy, which utilises a Momentum At a Reasonable Price approach to portfolio construction. Over the five years up to the end of June
Washington-based Carlyle Group has sold a 60 per cent stake in its Carlyle Asset Management Group, its US$600 million fund of hedge funds business, to the management team.
Joyce Frost and Frank Iacono, former executives with Morgan Stanley, along with Chris Frost, former managing director at Societe Generale, have formed Riverside Risk Advisors. The firm will provide independent risk assessment, structuring, pricing and execution advice for complex derivative
PerTrac Financial Solutions, a provider of analytic and workflow solutions, has launched PerTrac RiskPlus, a returns-based risk analysis solution. The new product is a collaboration with FinAnalytica, a provider of real world portfolio risk solutions for multi-manager funds, hedge funds
MT Thaler Investment Management (Cayman) Ltd has hired Peter McGregor for the position of chief operating officer (COO) effective 1 December 2005. MT Thaler, with
LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear service is to extend the range of currencies cleared from 14 to 20. From quarter one 2011, interest rate swaps denominated in HUF, CZK, KRW, MXN, BRL and SGD will be clearable. This extension, which follows consultation with
Emerging market equities (EME) suffered heavy losses during 2018, however, they finished the year more strongly in relative terms, sustaining a 7.5 per cent loss of value during Q4, compared with a 13.5 per cent slide for the S&P500 and
National law firm Seward & Kissel has promoted Kevin Neubauer to partner and Brian Maloney to counsel. The promotions are effective 1 January, 2020. “We are thrilled to make these well-deserved promotions. Kevin brings our clients a tremendous wealth of knowledge in fund formation
