The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT and the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) have supported the Irish power exchange SEMOpx by setting up a Day-Ahead and Intraday market in Ireland and Northern Ireland, including clearing and settlement. The
Sydney-based Vertex Capital Management International has launched a long/short Australian equity fund that mirrors the management of its Australian unit trust, The VCM Relat
In a study entitled “Assessing the Quality of Asian Stock Market Indices”, researchers at Edhec-Risk Institute have found that all 10 indices surveyed display a pronounced lack of efficiency in terms of risk-reward trade-off. For all of them, an equal-weighted
Weston Capital Management has appointed Marcel Herbst as a member of the management team. Herbst’s role will be to lead the global distribution efforts, work on creating strategic partnerships, and oversee the further development of the firm. Herbst spent the
KGR Capital is to launch the first UK-listed Asian fund of hedge funds, the KGR Absolute Return PCC Limited.
Hedge fund and private equity investors to focus 2020 due diligence efforts on alternative data compliance, says Corgentum survey.The vast majority (83 per cent) of hedge fund and private equity investors intend to continue increasing the resources they allocate to
Managed futures posted positive results overall in February with a 0.32 per cent return for the month according to the Barclay CTA Index. Despite February’s positive results, however, the index is down 0.16 per cent year to date. Five of
The difference in performance over the past two years among the various alternative investment styles is increasing the requirement for active management of alternative po
Principal Global Investors is to acquire a 55 per cent stake in Liongate Capital Management (Liongate), a global alternative investment boutique based in London and New York focused on managing portfolios of hedge funds. Founded in 2003, Liongate has approximately
I2BF, an asset management group focused on renewable energy and clean technology, has appointed Denis Chigirev as head of quantitative research. Chigirev has a Princeton PhD in theoretical physics, is an International Physics Olympiad Silver Medal winner, and an alumni
