The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 2 per cent last week amid a strong economic pulse worldwide, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research Team. Global Macro managers outperformed thanks to their portfolios’ allocations to
Offering a unique combination of hedge fund like returns in a liquid and regulated form, Alternative UCITS funds continued to increase their popularity with investors in 2017. Total Assets under Management for the industry grew 16 per cent EUR450 billion.
Conyers Dill & Pearman has launched an innovative Funds eTool – the first of its kind for offshore investment funds.
CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has lunched CLSNow, a bilateral, same-day FX gross payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service. JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are the first banks to go live on the service. CLSNow enables
Ocorian – an independent provider of corporate, alternative investment and private client services – has completed the acquisition of MAS International (MAS), a Luxembourg and Mauritius based provider of fund administration and corporate services. The acquisition represents a significant milestone
Technology is tearing down the walls to options strategies previously available only to the largest investors, and is helping more investors guard against market risk and take advantage of market opportunities. That’s according to data released by the Options Clearing
Saxo Bank, an online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has appointed Damian Bunce (pictured), as Chief Client Officer (CCO), effective 19 February 2018. Bunce joins Saxo’s executive team and will report directly to Kim Fournais, CEO and Founder. In his role, Bunce
Intelliflo is structuring its business team to deliver expansion internationally, with Australia the first country in the delivery pipeline. Announced at the Intelliflo Change the Game Conference last month (18 June 2019), the firm is developing its multi-faceted business management
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up slightly (+0.3 per cent) in December, with four out of eight Lyxor indices recording positive results. CTAs finished on strong gains due to high diversification within portfolios. Long allocations to energy, DM equities
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for December 2017 measured 0.84 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.35 per cent in January. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index for January
