The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.13 per cent in April, supported by the global equities which advanced on encouraging economic data and accommodative central bank policies. Positive earnings surprises helped renew investors’ optimism in the global equity market,
Half (52 per cent) of industry bosses think that current regulation will have little or no impact on making the financial services world more stable and three quarters (73 per cent) suggest it will have little or no improvement to
The performance of hedge fund strategies exposed exclusively to equity-related risk factors remained positive despite October’s challenging market environment thanks to a strong dynamic alpha, according to the Edhec-Risk Alternative Indexes. Equity market neutral rose by 0.34 per cent and
Commonfund Capital has held the closing of its second secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners II with USD450 million of capital commitments sourced from investors including endowments, foundations, pension plans, insurance pools and family offices. The total raised is more
Israel-based Sphera Funds Management is to deploy Tradar’s flagship product, Insight version 5.0. Sphera Funds Management will take advantage not only of Insight’s portfolio management functionality, but also the new risk management and performance enhancements. Insight will form a key
JP Morgan has achieved a milestone in US tri-party repo market reform, completely eliminating more than a third of its intraday credit exposure related to the unwind of tri-party repos. JP Morgan has become the first tri-party agent to offer
Advise Technologies’ Consensus RMS suite of regulatory reporting tools is now available on the AbacusFLEX private cloud. Consensus RMS customers are able to host or locally deploy the software, providing them with the flexibility to choose which best suits their
SEA Asset Management (SEA AM), a boutique fund manager based in Singapore, and Seahawk Investments based in Eschborn, Germany, have formed a fund distribution partnership. The collaboration of the two firms brings together the capabilities and services required to successfully
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund advisory firm CR Intrinsic Investors LLC and its former portfolio manager along with a medical consultant for an expert network firm for their roles in a USD276 million insider
The World Gold Council has launched a research app for iPhones and iPads that is now available on the iTunes store. The app is designed to provide investors and advisers with rich and flexible access to the latest research from
