Pricing volatility in currency and energy markets has created a challenging performance environment for CTAs in 2017 so far, according to data released by Preqin. As at the end of September, the Preqin All-Strategies CTA benchmark has recorded year-to-date losses
Joseph Dufresne (a/k/a Joseph James) and Megan Renkow (a/k/a Megan James), and their companies, United Business Servicing, LLC and United Business Servicing, Inc. (collectively United Business) are to pay USD4.9 million to settle CFTC charges regarding a the fraudulent sale
Activist-focused managers comfortably outperformed other strategy types last month, as the hedge fund industry continues to recover from the Covid-19 turmoil with solid August gains and positive year-to-date returns, new eVestment data shows. Activism-focused hedge funds rose 7.88 per cent
Aqua Digital Rising A new and alternative-asset and analytics investment platform has started its pre-funding round as it prepares for launch in January 2021.Aqua Indices represents one of the most significant developments in the area of alt-assets since the launch
KRM22, a technology and software company focused on risk management in capital markets, is to acquire Object+, a risk management and post-trade services technology company for capital markets firms. Based in the Netherlands with offices in Amsterdam and Chicago, Object+
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, has Elizabeth Burton, CAIA, Chief Investment Officer, Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System, and William Ma, CFA, CAIA, Chief Investment Officer at Noah Holdings, have been
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.78 per cent in October, outperforming the 0.69 per cent return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. “Every Wilshire
DMS Governance (DMS) has launched its US Regulatory Compliance services, designed to support US-based investment advisers in improving the quality and increasing the ease of compliance with their regulatory responsibilities. The DMS’ US Regulatory Compliance services offers expert compliance
Dynamo Software, a provider of cloud software for the alternative investment industry, has acquired Imagineer Technology Group. The acquisition adds significant value across Dynamo’s product set and brings Dynamo’s customer base to over 1,000 clients of its CRM, deal management, portfolio
The Preqin All-Strategies HedgeFund benchmark generated 1.15 per cent in October, the benchmark’s twelfth consecutive month of positive returns. With year-to-date returns climbing to 9.30 per cent so far this year, the hedge fund industry remains firmly on track to
